Creating a Culture of Peace in the Elementary Classroom

I really enjoyed this article.  Throughout my student teaching I have become terribly aware of the fact that my students do no know how to solve their own problems.  I get so tired of the tattling all day long.  I want to teach my children some problem solving strategies.  The walk away and cool down is something that I feel my students need to be taught immediately.  I want to read the book suggested in this article about teaching compassion through literacy.  Relating to a story seems to be more meaningful than just me lecturing.  In a staff development I recently learned that elementary students k-2 start checking out after 4-5 minutes of teacher lecturing.  I am challenging myself to honor that attention span and speak less!

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