CLASSROOM COMMUNITY BUILDERS

Students thrive in classrooms where they feel safe welcome and supported Building a sense of community and teamwork is an effective means of facilitating student successBurns skillfully blends communitybuilding activities with real classroom content providing students with opportunities to practice language skills while acclimatizing to the classroom While intended primarily for language arts and English as a second language classrooms Burns39s activities readily adapt to a range of disciplines and age groupsBeginning with a section on setting classroom and instructor expectations Burns moves on to teambuilding exercises focused on lesson content His section on gettingtoknowyou activities is designed to foster a sense of belonging while the five gettoknowyourteacher exercises introduce you to your students in a fun relaxed mannerSupported by information on material requirements time limits and resources Classroom Community Builders provides handouts and worksheets available both within the book and online offering new ideas to experienced and novice instructors alike