Shared Practices (All Grades)

Explore the Shared Practices of the Responsive Classroom approach. These discipline and teaching practices are aligned from kindergarten through middle school to provide a consistent, predictable environment for students.

Interactive Learning Structures

An explicit practice for teaching procedures and routines (such as those for entering and exiting the room) as well as academic and social skills (such as engaging with the text or giving and accepting feedback).

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Teacher Language

The intentional use of language to enable students to engage in their learning and develop the academic, social, and emotional skills they need to be successful in and out of school.

Logical Consequences

A non-punitive response to misbehavior that allows teachers to set clear limits and students to fix and learn from their mistakes while maintaining their dignity.

Interactive Modeling

Purposeful activities that give students opportunities to engage with content in active (hands-on) and interactive (social) ways.

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Explore Responsive Classroom Practices

Discover how each practice enhances classroom culture and supports the development of essential skills in students of all ages.