Reflecting on Sylvia Allan's Visit

Reflect on what you learned about creating community in your classroom from our visitor, Sylvia Allan

I loved having Sylvia Allan come and visit with us. It allowed me to see and hear the different blessings that you can gain from spending just a couple of minutes a day with your students. Having community in your classroom is a necessary thing. Without it you could well spend a lot of time worrying about management and what needs to be done. I really liked how she said that we "should never sit at our desks and do work during morning meeting." I can't imagine sitting behind a desk doing work instead of spending good quality time with students. Morning meetings like she said once we get them started aren't very hard. They allow students to get to know different sides of each other and learn to respect those differences and similarities.