Celebration of Knowledge (Cok) - Social Contracts

Last week's word of the day in U.S. History was (a)  _____

• #school

• #SouthwestHS

• #relationship

• #explorer

Our relationship agreement is...

• An agreement between all students and teachers.

• A contract of how often you should bring food into our classroom.

• an agreement of how much money to bring Mr. Carretto for teaching U.S. History.

• A Facebook user agreement.

If I break the relationship agreement I (a)  _______

• will not get to eat lunch.

• 
  won't have any friends. 

• will have to write a paragraph.

• 
  should take accountability for my actions.

True or False: Our relationship agreement is how we should act ONLY while in room 34 (Mr. Carretto's classroom). 

• True, the social contract only applies when I am in Mr. Carretto's classroom. 

• False: I should treat my classmates in accordance with our relationship agreement no matter where we are.

Let's pretend: You are working in a group. Bob is one of your group members and is bossy. He won't listen to other's ideas and gets mad when anyone else suggests something.

The FIRST thing you should do to try and solve the problem is to  

• 
  Tell your mom when you get home!

• Tell Mr. Carretto that Bob is demanding and you will never work with him again.

• 
  Remind Bob that the relationship agreement says we should value others opinions and work together to solve issues.

• 
  Make funny faces at Bob and make him mad.

True or False: According to Mr. Carretto, everyone in our class is valued and important. 

• 
  True: Mr. Carretto wants every student to be comfortable and feel valued in room 28.

• False: Mr. Carretto only values a few favorite students. 

Why do we have a relationship agreement? (Choose the BEST answer)

• 
  Because we have to

• It helps us have clear expectations of how we would like to be treated and how we agree to treat each other

• 
  Because Mr. Carretto is mean

• Don't choose this answer

If we follow the relationship agreement in this class,

will we increase our learning opportunities?

• Yes

• No