Monday, August 15, 2011
Affirmation Station
At our campus, we use Capturing Kids' Hearts as a part of our discipline and guidance plan. As a part of that process, students are taught how to receive and give affirmations - both verbally and in writing. In the past, my students wrote the affirmations and would place them on the corner of the receipients' desk. Other people in my school have used bags to place the affirmations in but I have found that I do not have enough room for this in my class. So, this year, I am trying something new. In our class we will have an "Affirmation Station." In the station, each student will have a pocket (a library checkout pocket that can be found at most educational supply stores) with their name on it. At the station, there will be various colored pencils and index cards for them to write their affirmations on. The students can write affirmations as morning work, when they finish work early, or at stations. The affirmations will then be put in the receipients' pocket which can be picked up during Reading Workshop and Literacy Stations or at the end of the day.
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I love this affirmation station! I have never heard of Capturing Kids' Hearts, but I hope you post more about it, because it sounds neat!
ReplyDeleteOur entire school district uses Capturing Kids' Hearts as a guidance tool. If you get a chance, check out their website link in the blog post. The teachers and staff greet the students each morning with a handshake, the students build Social Contracts of how we as a class want to treat one another and learn to check one another for inappropriate behavior. They also learn to build each other up with affirmations. There is also a discipline tool based on asking questions to guide students into the correct choice rather than always telling students what to do. It has really changed how I operate in my classroom.
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