This was a good one. It relates to PE a lot. I am always trying to teach teamwork and i have problems with them not wanting to work as a team. When i had cross country i kept explaining that 1 person doesnt win the whole thing, we work as a team to try to win it. We need to encourage eachotehr to succeed. Very few sports and activities actually succeed with one person, you need to work as a team. Whenever we play games i never keep score and they always ask what the score is and i say 100 to 100 and they dont understand why. I tell them we are playing for fun and that your whole class is the team, and that they need to encourage everyone in their class on.
This relates to speech as well. "Some of us say our sounds differently and we are all here to support each other and learn together." I have also used this in groups where there is a student who struggles to express or gets stuck on words (fluency). "Some of us need more time to express," so we work together to support that person. Turn-taking and not interrupting is stressed.
Ooooo! This is one that I can really get into! I think this relates to everyone of any age, in many situations. Looking at something differently or from another perspective breaks down barriers and creates greater understanding of others and the cultures around us. One of my favorite songs gives the advice "if you want to change your life, change your mind" in other words, by looking at things from a different point of view we can bring about great change in our lives. Obi Wan Kenobe said that a great many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view. I love shaking up my paradigms and looking at things from a different perspective, sometimes its difficult but ultimately very rewarding.
This is so important! Students need to know that we are on the same team and we are working together. This is what builds trust and relationships. We are connected to them in a common humanity.
I really enjoyed reading this phrase "Some of Us", and thinking about the meaning. It gives us one more opportunity to recognize the unique talents and gifts of our students, without leaving anyone out. It also gives us a way to change the viewfinders and figure out what gifts some of our kids are really bringing to the classroom.
I loved this! I use some of us all the time...not because I knew about this wording but because I love pointing out that we aren't all the same but that we all have a lot to learn from each other. I had a conversation with my kids in November about this and it was really great. I think it was something like this...."Some of us" don't like sports or "some of us" don't like dancing....that doesn't mean that we can't bring interesting things to the table and it doesn't mean that we devalue the other persons interests. I really like the fact that we should all teach that we are all connected. So great!
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This was a good one. It relates to PE a lot. I am always trying to teach teamwork and i have problems with them not wanting to work as a team. When i had cross country i kept explaining that 1 person doesnt win the whole thing, we work as a team to try to win it. We need to encourage eachotehr to succeed. Very few sports and activities actually succeed with one person, you need to work as a team. Whenever we play games i never keep score and they always ask what the score is and i say 100 to 100 and they dont understand why. I tell them we are playing for fun and that your whole class is the team, and that they need to encourage everyone in their class on.
This relates to speech as well. "Some of us say our sounds differently and we are all here to support each other and learn together." I have also used this in groups where there is a student who struggles to express or gets stuck on words (fluency). "Some of us need more time to express," so we work together to support that person. Turn-taking and not interrupting is stressed.
I have found with this group of students this year, they all want to be first! I have been stressing team work and working together.
Ooooo! This is one that I can really get into!
I think this relates to everyone of any age, in many situations. Looking at something differently or from another perspective breaks down barriers and creates greater understanding of others and the cultures around us.
One of my favorite songs gives the advice "if you want to change your life, change your mind" in other words, by looking at things from a different point of view we can bring about great change in our lives.
Obi Wan Kenobe said that a great many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.
I love shaking up my paradigms and looking at things from a different perspective, sometimes its difficult but ultimately very rewarding.
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This is so important! Students need to know that we are on the same team and we are working together. This is what builds trust and relationships. We are connected to them in a common humanity.
I like the immediate community that this comment establishes while distinguishing and celebrating our differences within our community of learners.
I really enjoyed reading this phrase "Some of Us", and thinking about the meaning. It gives us one more opportunity to recognize the unique talents and gifts of our students, without leaving anyone out. It also gives us a way to change the viewfinders and figure out what gifts some of our kids are really bringing to the classroom.
I loved this! I use some of us all the time...not because I knew about this wording but because I love pointing out that we aren't all the same but that we all have a lot to learn from each other. I had a conversation with my kids in November about this and it was really great. I think it was something like this...."Some of us" don't like sports or "some of us" don't like dancing....that doesn't mean that we can't bring interesting things to the table and it doesn't mean that we devalue the other persons interests. I really like the fact that we should all teach that we are all connected. So great!
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