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How Violence in the Classroom Impacts Learning

This Interdisciplinary study is designed to assist students in developing an awareness of how violence in the classroom negatively impacts learning.

 Violence is prevalent in many of the lives of our students at Montefiore. It is critical for the survival of our students, as productive members of society, that they see the benefits to learning of non-violent behavior

 Students will focus on developing an understanding of causes of classroom violence and how it affects their opportunities to learn.  Through role-playing , the Internet, and art, they will see how increased reading skills can help them in real life.

How do we prevent violence?  

• What is violence? 

• How does it look, sound and feel like?

• How does violence make you feel?

• What kinds of violence occur in the classroom?

• What happens before a violent act occurs?

•  How are reading abilities affected by violence in the classroom?

State Goal # 1

READ WITH UNDERSTANDING AND FLUENCY

CAS A Use a wide variety of strategic reading behaviors to comprehend the literal and nonliteral meaning of text to be informed, to perform a task, and for literary experience

CFS

1.  Make and confirm predictions about events and ideas presented in text.

2. Clarify meaning by asking and answering questions concerning text read.

3. Recognize cause-effect relationship

4. Draw conclusions

5. Describe the problem, solution, or central idea

 CAS D  

Exhibit engagement in reading by responding to text orally, in writing, or through the arts

CFS

1. Deliver oral presentations (e.g., book reports, role-playing, choral reading, peer conferencing).
2. Create logs, journals, and book reports.
3. Construct big books, dioramas, murals, illustrations, songs, and plays.
4. Respond to text by generating alternative endings to plots by substituting new elements (e.g., character traits, reactions, events, and settings), and identifying reason(s) for and impact of substitutions.

5. Use Standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Unit Prerequisites

• Students are able to gather research

• Students are able to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information

• Students are able to compare and contrast using a Venn Diagram

Access:

Observe the consequences of violent acts in the classroom

Interpret:

Compare and contrast one violent versus peaceful conflict and resolution 

Produce:

 Produce a graphic organizer showing how violence impacts learning in the classroom.

Communicate:

Articulate what impact violent acts in the classroom have on learning is and how to prevent it in the classroom

Make your ideas known by showing the process step by step

Evaluate:

Assess to see how much violence in the classroom affects your peer’s focus.

Check the amount progress made in Reading when violence decreases.

Judge what is going to be important to you 2 years from now.

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