Printable Resources

Get the adults in your learning community on the same page with these printable resources for staff, administration, and parents:

Planning Guides

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1-Day Planner

The guiding questions for each component of a Responsive Advisory Meeting will help support purposeful planning.

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Academic Choice Planning Guide

This template can be helpful for outlining the choices in an Academic Choice lesson that will help meet learning goals, and thoughtfully planning the three phases of plan, work, and reflect.

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Checklist for Organizing Your Classroom

This checklist supports the implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach in your classroom space, providing considerations for space, materials, displays, desk and table groupings, learning spaces, and pathways.

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Elementary Student Grouping Graphic Organizer

This organizer provides guidance with elements to consider such as developmental considerations, interactive learning structures, and management ideas when grouping students for learning.

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Guided Discovery Planning Guide

This planner offers structure and guiding questions for developing a purposeful and productive Guided Discovery.

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How Well Are You Seeing?

Use this template to keep track of how well you are getting to know and connect with your students.

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Independent Practice Template

This template can help you plan independent practice sessions for your middle school lessons.

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Interactive Modeling Planning Guide

This planner can be used to develop the specific steps of an effective Interactive Modeling for elementary students.

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Interactive Modeling Demonstration Guide

This planner can be used to develop the specific steps of an effective Interactive Modeling for middle school students.

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Lesson Planning Guide

This guide supports planning for student learning using a three-part lesson structure that reflects that natural learning cycle.

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Middle School Student Grouping Graphic Organizer

This planner will help you think critically and intentionally about the type of grouping that you would like to use during a particular lesson.

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Morning Meeting Daily Planning Guide

This planner can be used to purposefully plan a Morning Meeting, with goals in mind for each component and a clear understanding of skills to emphasis and practice.

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Morning Meeting Weekly Planning Guide

This planner can be used to develop a weekly plan for Morning Meeting. This tool is particularly helpful when there are concrete goals and skills to focus on and develop throughout the week.

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Plan Your Classroom

This grid can be used to design the placement of furniture, large and small group meeting areas, and the overall flow of traffic in the classroom space.

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Problem-Solving Conference Planning Guide

This guide will help ensure that all the key steps of a problem-solving conference are considered prior to meeting with a student, in order to make efficient use of the meeting time and effectively focus the conversation.

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Role-Play Planning Guide

This guide can be used to plan a role-play around the key steps to help ensure that the role-play is effective and subsequent conversation is focused and productive.

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Strengthening a Lesson

This guide allows for thoughtful planning of an active teaching lesson based on the three phases of active teaching: teach and model, student collaboration, and facilitate reflection.

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Strengthening Study Skills

Support academic readiness with this sample Responsive Advisory Meeting plan.

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Class Meeting Planning Guide

This planning guide provides guidance in the careful planning of a class meeting that is structured to support the class in navigating a situation that affects the whole class.

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Connecting with Families Graphic Organizer

This organizer supports considering the ways in which connections with families can occur at the start of the school year and as the school year progresses.

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Establishing Rules Planning Guide

This guide helps support the planning of the collaborative rule creation process.

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Families Letter Planning Guide

This guide provides support in creating a letter to families about Responsive Classroom practices.

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First Four Weeks Planning

These planning guides will help plan in-depth progression when looking at how to implement practices during the first four weeks of school.

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Active Teaching Lesson Plan

This planner helps plan each phase of Active Teaching when preparing lesson plans for content.

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SMART GOAL Planner Teacher Check In

This check-in protocol helps provide feedback to students after the students have set a SMART Goal.

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Student Practice Template

This planning guide for student practice organizes thoughts in order to have meaningful practice and deeper content engagement following Active Teaching.

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Investing Students in the Rules

This planner for investing students in the rules helps students to make explicit connections between classroom rules, their own goals, and concrete behaviors.

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Graphic Organizers

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3-2-1 Reflection

This tool can be used to guide students in structured reflection on new content and learning, and can also be adapted and modified to meet the needs of students in a variety of situations.

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Brace Map

This organizer helps show the relationship between concepts or physical objects by breaking down the whole into its smaller and more specific components for deeper analysis.

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Cause and Effect

This organizer can be used to show relationships between an event and its causes and effects.

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Double Bubble

This organizer can be used to compare and contrast two things or concepts, with shared qualities placed between the two items and differences placed on the sides.

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Fishbone Diagrams

Either of the two variations of this organizer included here can be used to identify the various root causes of a particular problem or effect. This diagram also helps students to think about possible solutions because it requires a thorough examination of the issues (and the why’s) behind the problem.

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Geometric Forms

This organizer guides students in structured reflection on new content and learning and can be used to quickly assess student understanding.

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LSF Chart

This organizer supports students in thinking carefully about a specific topic or concept, and can be a useful tool for students to refer to for reflection and when engaging in discussion.

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T-Chart

This organizer can be used to examine two facets of an object or situation. For example: pros and cons, facts and opinions, advantages and disadvantages, strengths and weaknesses, problems and solutions, or main ideas and supporting ideas.

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Tree Map

This organizer can be used to classify, categorize, and organize ideas or facts.

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Sentence, Phrase, Word

This organizer supports students in reflecting on and discussing a text by having them identify key ideas and words that stood out to them.

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Venn Diagram

This organizer can be used to illustrate the relationships between and among objects that share something in common, allowing students to compare and contrast various objects, ideas, and topics.

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Character Traits Graphic Organizer 1

This graphic organizer helps identify character traits from text and offers ways in which students can cite evidence.

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Character Traits Graphic Organizer 2

This graphic organizer helps identify character traits from text and offers ways in which students can cite evidence.

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4-1-1 Reflection

This will help students analyze content that they have read or viewed.

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SMART Goal Check

This additional visual organizer breaks down the acronym for setting a SMART Goal.

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Rules Support Me in Achieving My Goals

This graphic organizer helps students break down how classroom and/or school rules supports them in achieving a SMART goal.

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Bubble Map

This graphic organizer will help students visualize their thinking.

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Student SMART Goal Planner

This planner offers a structured guide to help students set meaningful and productive SMART goals.

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SMART Goal Template

This planning guide supports students in setting a SMART goal and determining a detailed action plan to attain that goal.

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From Our Books

= Elementary
= Middle School  
 = K-8
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Acknowledgements List

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 94.

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Activities List

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 94.

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Blank Card Template

50 More Energizers Book. Use this template to support activities in which students exchange cards with information.

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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this for the Cause and Effect graphic organizer activity on page 89.

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Communication Role-Play

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 192.

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Consensus Map Template

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 93, 144, 149, 152, and 159.

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Decision Tree Graphic Organizer

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this for the Decision Tree graphic organizer activity on page 90.

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Friendship Calculator

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 199.

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I Am/We Are ABCs

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 114-115.

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Info Exchange Question Cards

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 102.

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Interactive Modeling Planning Guide

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this to help you plan Interactive Modeling as noted on page 37.

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Life Story Template

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 36-38, and 124-126.

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Logical Consequences Scenarios

Seeing the Good in Students Book. Use this for the logical consequences card activity on page 70.

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LSF Template

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book/Building an Academic Community. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 42, 108, and 183 of the Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this for the Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like graphic organizer activity on page 89 of Building an Academic Community.

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My Success Plan

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 70-72.

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People and Places in Our Community

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 177.

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Responsive Advisory Meeting Planning Guide

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this to help you plan Responsive Advisory Meeting components as noted on pages 27, 47, 64, 87, and 115.

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Sample Introductory Letter to Parents

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this letter referred to on page 17 to provide information about the components, purpose, and benefits of the Responsive Advisory Meeting.

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Silent Quotes Sample

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 129.

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Silent Quotes Template

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 129.

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SMART Goal Milestones

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 80.

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SMART Goal Planner

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book/Building an Academic Community. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 54-57, 64-67, 76-77, 79, 134, and 154 of the Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this for the SMART goal activities on pages 60 and 119 of Building an Academic Community.

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SMART Goal Self-Assessment

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this to help students assess their SMART goal progress as noted on page 127.

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Student-Led Advisory Template

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 94-99.

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Study Strategies

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 71-72.

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Test-Taking Tips

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 72.

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Textbook Scavenger Hunt

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this for the Textbook Scavenger Hunt activity on page 67.

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Time-Management Planner

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this to help students track their after-school time as noted on page 60.

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Venn Diagram

Building an Academic Community Book. Use this for the Venn Diagram activity on page 93.

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What’s the Outcome? Anju’s Dilemma

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 195.

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What’s the Outcome? Felix’s Dilemma

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 195.

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Word Splash Sample

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on pages 86, 118, 131, 145, 168, and 174.

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Word Splash Template

Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Use this to support in the planning of the Responsive Advisory Meeting component referred to on page 86, 118, 131, 145, 168, and 174.

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Overview for Parents and Caregivers

Share this booklet with your students' families to explain how teachers use the Responsive Classroom approach to address their children's needs.

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Three Tiers of Support With Responsive Classroom

Responsive Classroom research- and evidence-based practices align with each tier of the MTSS framework.

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Creating Equity With Responsive Classroom

A teacher's approach to teaching and discipline are two major contributing factors to equity.

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Responsive Classroom Supports Teacher Effectiveness

Responsive Classroom professional development focuses on building 21st-century teaching skills.

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The Responsive Classroom Approach and Common Core

School leaders report higher student achievement and improved school climate when teachers receive training in the Responsive Classroom approach.

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Overview of The Bridge Forward

Learn more about these resources for leaders, teachers, and parents who support students moving from elementary school to middle school and from middle school to high school.

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Bring Responsive Classroom to Your School or District

Bringing our professional development to your school is the most cost-effective e way to train your educators in the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching and discipline.