Involve Students When Creating Classroom Rules

This post is in response to:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/bill-student-rights-classroom-rules-nicholas-provenzano

In his posting on Edutopia Nicholas Provenzano described the setting of his classroom while his students worked in groups to create a set of classroom rules that they would use for the school year.  By reading his post it is clear that he did not send his students on their way blindly.  They studied and discussed both the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights before beginning their class sessions dedicated to the creation of classroom rules.  I really like how Provenzano uses both Social Studies and Language Arts as a lesson plan/unit for creating classroom rules that were created by his students.