Building Classroom Communities in the First Month of School
By Rose Spicher It’s 8:35 on a Wednesday morning, and the students in Marie-Françoise Morandais’ first grade class are enthusiastically zapping each other with electricity during their morning greetings. They shudder dramatically from the simulated jolts, dissolving into giggles after each turn. It’s a lighthearted moment at the beginning of the day, not mentally taxing […]
