THE EVOLVING CLASSROOM, K-6
Designing and making together consolidates learning.
Significant learning happens outside the classroom.
Expeditions large and small foster symphonic learning
Designing and making together consolidates learning.
CLASSROOM PRACTICES THAT WORK
There are so many suggestions on what works best for the developmental age and stage of your students. These universal insights point to over-arching areas of influence that every teacher needs to address in order to facilitate a truly functional learning environment.
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Cultivating classroom community raises effort levels and maintains low levels of stress to optimize learning potential.
Students who don’t get to move, don’t process information quickly. Even the chance to jump 3 times gets oxygen to the brain and takes 15 seconds of your instructional time.
Use curiosity for the natural world to pull resistant students into work that demands mental effort and productivity.
Students crave the opportunity to create. Community and collaboration develop effortlessly when functional art is supported.
Being well-prepared for every lesson is the key to academic fidelity and minimal wait time for your students.
Students care about visual harmony and stimulation. If your room is bare and drab, students perceive a lower benchmark for presentation, which can be reflected in the quality of their work.
Actively address issues of social inclusion and justice through your choice of academic literature. You don't have to give up content time - teach smarter.
Explicitly teaching students how stress impacts their brain empowers them to become self-managing.