Emotional Support

A teacher holding a conversation with a child about the teacher’s vacation to Disney Land is an example of this.

• Social Conversation

• Warm, Calm Voice

• Encourages Student Talk

• Incorporates Student Ideas

This captures the degree to which the teacher’s interactions with students and classroom activities place an emphasis on students’ interests.

• Positive Climate

• Regard for Student Perspective

• Teacher Sensitivity

• Negative Climate

Two children are arguing over one green dump truck in the block center and one chooses to walk over to a teacher and ask for help resolving the problem. This is an example of:

• Student Expression

• Student Comfort

• Support for Student Autonomy

A high five or pat on the back is an example of this:

• Positive Affect

• Flexibility and Student Focus

• Positive Communication

• Student Expression

This encompasses the teacher’s awareness of and responsiveness to student academic and emotional needs.

• Regard for Student Perspectives

• Positive Climate

• Negative Climate

• Teacher Sensitivity

During center time, a child notices that there is a new spider exhibit in the classroom.  The child states that they had a spider web at their house and the web was sticky and asks the teacher why is the web sticky?  The teacher walks over to the science center and picks up a plastic spider and a book with spider facts to discuss with the student. 

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• Shows Flexibility

• Incorporates Student Ideas

• Follows Student Lead

• Shared Activity

A child is struggling with a large floor puzzle and getting frustrated. The teacher walks over to him and asks him what’s wrong and how she can help.

• Shared Activity

• Verbal Affection

• Helps resolve problems

• Allows movement

When a teacher sits down on the rug in the block area and engages in building a tower with children. This is an example of __________.

• Physical proximity

• Student expression

• Awareness

• Respect

When a teacher and student are both smiling and laughing when having a conversation is an example of _____________.

• Acknowledge Emotion

• Seeks Support and Guidance

• Matched Affect

• Encourage Student Talk

What CLASS indicator reflects the emotional connection between the teacher and students that shows enjoyment, communicated, by verbal and non-verbal interactions?

• Positive Climate

• Negative Climate

• Teacher Sensitivity

• Regard for Student Perspectives