Imagine with me a group of 25+ eager-minded fourth graders sitting on a rug anxiously waiting for the "show" to begin. It's one of their favorite times of their day. Listening, watching, reading, & discussing the different characters, events, and connecting real-life examples through concepts being taught. They come up to the easel and demonstrate math strategies. They write their own examples, draw their pictures to match the story, identify patterns, share their own interpretation of the content & even teach the rest of the class using the easel with what they have themselves learned.
During centers, they show their understanding, and share their thoughts. All of their work on the easel helps me because I can see their work, stop to fix any misunderstandings right away, or use their work as exemplary examples to the rest of the class. The easel will be useful in many lessons. I hang anchor charts on it with magnets & use it to write & illustrate things for them.
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Imagine with me a group of 25+ eager-minded fourth graders sitting on a rug anxiously waiting for the "show" to begin. It's one of their favorite times of their day. Listening, watching, reading, & discussing the different characters, events, and connecting real-life examples through concepts being taught. They come up to the easel and demonstrate math strategies. They write their own examples, draw their pictures to match the story, identify patterns, share their own interpretation of the content & even teach the rest of the class using the easel with what they have themselves learned.
During centers, they show their understanding, and share their thoughts. All of their work on the easel helps me because I can see their work, stop to fix any misunderstandings right away, or use their work as exemplary examples to the rest of the class. The easel will be useful in many lessons. I hang anchor charts on it with magnets & use it to write & illustrate things for them.
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