Ways We Want Our Class to Be: Class Meetings That Build Commitment to Kindness and Learning

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Summary: Meaningful Meetings
Review: This book is a wonderful resource for classroom teachers who are interested in, or already have, classroom meetings. Its teacher friendly format makes the book applicable to the classroom and provides strategies for implementing meetings in the room. Strategies for grades K-5 are explained in the book and various meetings (including ideas for starting, questions to ask, wait time, building consensus and follow up activities) are explained in detail. Another benefit to this book is the reference guide provided at the end of the book. The reference guide is a great summary, but could also be used by the reader to evalute their own classroom meetings. As a teacher, I really enjoyed this book and believe it offers great insight into the classroom.