Standard 1: Speaking and Listening

Students will speak and listen effectively in a variety of situations including, but not limited to, responses to reading and writing.

1.1.W.2 Students will work respectfully in groups.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will follow agreed-upon rules of respect to work with others.

• Teachers discuss respectfully working with others.
• Teachers provide expectations for respectfully working with others.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to practice working respectfully with others using the agreed-upon rules.
• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback while working respectfully with others.

Supporting Resources

Teacher Insights 

• Students need reminders about the meaning of respect, such as providing the example that showing respect means caring how a person feels.

• Students need opportunities to work together to achieve a specific goal.  Students need a clear understanding of expectations on mutual respect in each group that allow all voices to be heard.

• Students need a clear, simple understanding of respect. A simple way for young children to grasp the meaning of respect would be to say, “Showing respect means doing things that show another person you think they are important. Treating people with respect makes them, and you, feel good".

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.