Expected, Inspected, & Respected.
"Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice." Anton Chekhov
I have to say a few thank yous in this post. First, I have to thank Kim Angus for inspiring room 19 with the quotes she posts on her whiteboard. I love this book of quotes she uses to find her daily words of wisdom. The quote that inspired today's lesson was, "Your best takes your time" by Thomas (The character in R.J. Palacio's Wonder). I borrowed the lesson from Sean Giesbrecht, who borrowed it from George Couros, who probably borrowed it from someone else, so I must thank the two of them as well. I took this wonderful, simple idea for a lesson plan, and adapted it to my fur trade unit. If you'd like to see the lesson plan, it's here. Instead of an image of a clock, I gave my 5th Grade students this image, and asked them to draw a a voyageur's cup as best they could in 10 seconds. 10 seconds later, I had images like these: Next, I gave them 10 minutes to draw their cup and told them the only rule was that they couldn't stop adding to their picture. After the 10 minute draw, the cups looked more like this: I had certain students in mind when planning this lesson who tend to think the work they do in school is a race and don't care about the quality as long as it is finished. I hope they got the idea that rushing might get the job done, but it doesn't get the job done well. Now I'll be able to ask my students if the work they are giving me is their 10 second work or their 10 minute work and they'll know that I'm simply reminding them that their best takes their time.
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