Standard+5

** Teachers know how to manage a classroom. **  The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
 * Standard 5 **

Evidence 1: Trust Video Rationale 1: This evidence was created for the course EDT 658: Teaching and Learning with Multimedia and was used in a 4 year old kindergarten class. The lesson was created as a social skills lesson on trust. The students learned what the word trust means, and then the students were to take a walk blindfolded while another student led them around the school. After the activity, the students were asked to describe what trust is. The activity and student responses were collected on video and compiled with photos to create a class trust video. Following the activity, the students watched the video and it was placed on the classroom computer for the students to watch at free choice time. This activity involved teaching the children positive social interaction. I taught the students social skills during a whole group lesson, and then reinforced the concepts throughout the year. This teaches the children appropriate behaviors, and leads to great classroom management. The students also learned many concepts in this lesson; especially what trust looks like and feels like. I learned how to create a video and insert pictures into a Moviemaker program, and use that to better improve my classroom management.

KSD

5.K.3 The teacher knows how to help people work productively and cooperatively with each other in complex social settings. // This evidence focuses on the concept of trust which is essential for the students to work cooperatively in complex settings. //

5.S.5 The teacher helps the group develop shared values and expectations for student interactions, academic discussions, and individual and group responsibility that create a positive classroom climate of openness, mutual respect, support, and inquiry. // This evidence relates to teaching the students about trust, which is essential for a positive classroom climate. Trust can be a difficult concept to understand for young learners, but with a lesson like this, it teaches children exactly what the concept means and how to display that social skill with others. //

5.D.1 The teacher takes responsibility for establishing a positive climate in the classroom and participates in maintaining such a climate in the school as a whole. // This activity is a part of a weekly social skills lesson that is taught in my classroom. The goal of large group social skills lessons is to teach the children what is expected of them to create a positive classroom climate. //

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