My Genius Hour Project is slowly coming together!
Just 2 more weeks and my project will be complete. I'm certainly excited to have a final product. At this point, I've learned a bit more about embedding videos and presentations into blogger. This skill is actually quite useful. Knowing how to elevate and diversify the content on my blog is a great thing. It certainly makes things more visually appealing and interesting for readers!
This week I learned that it is mandated for students to have at least 20 minutes of physical activity built into their school day.
What does this mean? Well, the classroom teacher is responsible for having students get up and move. Stretches, squats, jumping jacks, are all ways to get students moving. I like to think of these as "movement minutes". Teachers can split the 20 minutes up throughout the day or decide to do a 20 minute chunk of activity with their students. This is great!
However, I am more interested in getting kids moving during their lessons. How can we create math classes that involve students walking around, working with their hands, or moving among desks?
I found that this resource especially helpful. It provided me with some back ground research to base my plans off.
For next week I will have my project complete!
