1- Ms. Saul is inclusive from the beginning.  She created a pledge with her students to promote ownership and buy-in.

2- Ms. Saul has a discussion with her students at the beginning of the year to establish their yearly goals. When students interrupt others' learning, she stops everything and they have a conversation about whether a certain behavior will help them or hinder them when achieving their goals.

3- I would build a positive culture in my classroom from the moment students step into my class by greeting them each by name and teaching them to respond properly.  We would create our yearly goals at the beginning of the year and work towards achieving them through hard work, dedication, and practice.  We would continuosly remind one another that we can achieve anything if we set oiur minds to it, and we would collaborate to help one another.

1. What strategies does Ms. Saul use to create a helpful class pledge?

She is using:
- encouragement in her classroom.
- She tries to interact positively with the students.
- Making the student feel relaxed when making mistakes.

2. How does Ms. Saul communicate her beliefs about learning to her students?

• Through writing down a pledge at the beginning of the year about their ownership and the classroom.
• Making students feel okay to make mistakes.

3. What practices and routines could you institute to build your unique classroom culture?

• Using the pledge.
• Helping my students to feel happy while they're at classroom.

1. Mrs. Saul uses motivation to create a safe enviornment in her classroom.  She is setting expecations but at the same time is letting the students know she has confidence in them.

2. She talks about trial and error.  It's okay to make mistakes as long as the student recongizes that a fix is necessary to achive goals, hopes and dreams. 

3. Create a safe zone classroom and that we are there to grow together in this year's journey. 

1. What strategies does Ms. Saul use to create a helpful class pledge? She uses community learning and accountability.
2. How does Ms. Saul communicate her beliefs about learning to her students? She writes out a pledge that sets the tone for expectations for learning for the year.
3. What practices and routines could you institute to build your unique classroom culture? I would implement aspects of community learning, have a class discussion about what we can mostly or unanimously agree on as expectations for one another and also post set rules in a clearly visible place in the classroom. -Michael Mueller

1. Ms. Saul uses stratagies by having a talk with students about what their responsablilities are for the year and what their hopes and goals are. 

2. She makes sure her kids know mistakes are okay and they are to learn from. She encourages them to keep trying. 

3. Some stragagies i could use in my classrom would be to make sure my kids know it is okay to make mistakes and that they need to keep trying after them. Another would be to make sure to set goals that they want to acomplish for the year and maybe even revisit those goals at the end of the year to make sure the goals were met.