Here we are playing “Boppity Bop Bop Bop” during teambuilding time.  

Meet the moose,

the cow, 

the lobster,

and another cow!

 

DES uses Responsive Classroom as a model to help us achieve our character goals.  During the first six weeks of school, we have four important intentions socially.

***Create a climate and tone of warmth and safety.

***Teach the schedule and routines of the school day and our expectations for behavior in each of them.

***Introduce students to the physical environment and materials of the classroom and the school, and teach students how to use and care for them.

***Establish expectations about ways we will learn together in the year ahead.

(Denton and Kriete, The First Six Weeks of School, p. 3-4)

 This game was a quick change of pace in our day that helped us to articulate our expectations of how we will treat each other plus the difference between laughing at someone in appropriate and inappropriate ways.  Who would guess that a silly game called “Boppity Bop Bop Bop” could be a learning opportunity!