A Teacher in Transition

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Coconuts

Today I brought in a coconut. It related to a story we were reading, and I thought it would be fun to taste the milk and graph who liked it and who didn't.
For 30 minutes they were the most well behaved students on the planet. They sat quietly and were completely engaged in the lesson I was doing.
We drank the milk, broke open the coconut, and used a knife to shave out the inside 'meat'. They loved every single second.
It's amazing how there is no need for classroom management when you make learning fascinating. It's what school should be, but it's the first time I think I've ever seen every student completely engaged in any classroom.
My goal will be for it to happen at least once a day.

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