Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Over the past year, I have worked on providing more alternative seating options in our classroom like crate seats, standing desks, high stools, a couch and floor leveled table. These new alternative seating options have increased students' ability to complete independent work. As I strive to have a student centered classroom where my students' input matters, I have given up control over picking my students' every day seats, in hopes to teach them to be more self-driven learners.
My students have embraced this challenge of picking their own seats and have become aware of where they should seat in order to be the most productive and whom they should seat with.
That's truly amazing considering that they are only 1st graders. Throughout their many more years in school they have to pick their own seats and make choices that could impact their learning, so why not let them start now. I'm hoping to add these wobbly tools to our classroom seating options that will allow some of my wiggly students to have some movement while still being engaged in their work.
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Over the past year, I have worked on providing more alternative seating options in our classroom like crate seats, standing desks, high stools, a couch and floor leveled table. These new alternative seating options have increased students' ability to complete independent work. As I strive to have a student centered classroom where my students' input matters, I have given up control over picking my students' every day seats, in hopes to teach them to be more self-driven learners.
My students have embraced this challenge of picking their own seats and have become aware of where they should seat in order to be the most productive and whom they should seat with.
That's truly amazing considering that they are only 1st graders. Throughout their many more years in school they have to pick their own seats and make choices that could impact their learning, so why not let them start now. I'm hoping to add these wobbly tools to our classroom seating options that will allow some of my wiggly students to have some movement while still being engaged in their work.