Restorative Practices Smart Start 2021-22

Restorative Practices is a ____________.

• Social Science

• History Lesson

• Math Topic

• PE Drill

Restorative Practices helps you build relationships and repair____________.

• damaged equipment

• broken relationships

• damaged chromebooks

• broken rules

One of the protocols for restorative practices is:

• Respect the person speaking by sitting low on your seat.

• Respect the person speaking by looking at the clock.

• Respect the person speaking by making eye contact.

• Respect the person speaking by looking at the teacher.

Another protocol for restorative practices is:

• Speak whenever you feel like it.

• Listen only when you are interested.

• Listen by moving around in your seat.

• Speak and listen from the heart.

The last protocol for Restorative Practices is about:

• Honoring confidentiality - building trust by not sharing things heard in a restorative circle with others outside the circle or on social media.

• Honoring yourself - only listen to opinions that you agree with.

• Honoring others - accept all ideas that you hear and ignore your opinions.

• Honoring the space - keeping the classroom clean.

Looking like you are listening includes: (pick 3)

• making eye contact

• facing the person speaking

• sitting up straight

• slouching in your seat

Speaking from the heart means: (pick 2)

• being honest

• sharing your own thoughts

• make up an answer that is not true

• reshare an idea you've already heard

Honoring confidentiality means: (pick 2)

• build trust by listening to everyone's ideas

• keeping information shared within the circle

• share information about your friends to others you meet

• ignore what everyone shares

Restorative Practices is a social science to help build strong relationships and repair broken relationships.

• True

• False

You physically have to be in a circle to use Restorative Practices strategies.

• True - you should only use these strategies when you are in the classroom speaking with classmates and your teacher.

• False - you can make eye contact, speak truthfully, and honor confidentiality with everyone you meet.