Social Studies

Social Contracts


Our class will begin the year developing a Social Contract.
The terms of the contract are based on the students' answers to the following questions:

1. How do you want to want to be treated by Miss Waage?

2. How do we want to treat each other?

3. How do you think Miss Waage wants to be treated by you?

4. How should we treat each other when there is conflict?

We will spend the first few weeks developing our classroom community, establishing procedures, rules and consequences, and jobs.


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