Author: Emily Bishop

Our Essential Agreements
1C

We promise to follow our Essential Agreements for this classroom. We pledge to be committed to being responsible learners in the classroom and respect one another at all times. The following pages are our Essential Agreements that we have created together. We will abide by these agreements at all times.

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How do we want to treat our teacher?

We will treat our teacher kindly.
We will treat our teacher nicely.
We will treat our teacher with respect.
We will treat our teacher with tolerance.
We will cooperate.
We will be appreciative of our teacher.

How do we want our teacher to treat us?

Our teacher will be fair.
Our teacher will be good by being nice, reading books to us, and creating fun things to do.
Our teacher will be caring and listen to us.
Our teacher will be a good communicator.
Our teacher will cooperate with us.
Our teacher will be tolerant.
Our teacher will be respectful of us.
Our teacher will give us a second chance before moving our clips down on the chart.

How do we want to treat each other?

We will be sweet and nice to one another.
We will be caring.
We will have empathy for each other.
We will respect one another.
We will be tolerant of each other.
We will be open-minded to others’ ideas.
We will help each other think.
We will be confident in one another.
We will communicate with each other.
We will be enthusiastic for one another.
We will cooperate with each other.

How do we want to solve conflict?

We can solve conflict by talking it out.
If someone is being bossy, we will walk away.
If there is a conflict, we will walk away from it.
We will talk to our teacher if we cannot work it out ourselves.
We will talk nicely to each other when talking about a conflict.
We will try to help others with conflicts that we may be having.
We will always be honest in a conflict.