It is important for students to set aside time for reflection. School is paced very fast moving quickly from one topic to another. It is important for students to reflect on their learning experience. By reflecting, students are given a chance to feel good and discuss with their peers their accomplishments.
Students need to reflect. Students will have the opportunity to understand how gratifying their learning experience is. Projects usually are a lot of work and students are faced with challenges as they complete them. It is important for students to be given the chance to understand how much their hard work and effort paid off.
Like the book said, many schools' identities are tied to their traditions. The major part of building a tradition is to spread awareness. Start a project that you will have your students complete each year. Students will become excited about their projects and will spread the word. Another way to build tradition is to involve the community in some way.
It is very important to celebrate projects after you complete them. Give your students an opportunity to share their work with others. They also need a time to look at their work and to be able to appreciate their final product.
The idea of celebrating a project is directly connected with our project. The students in our project will host a night for their community to celebrate the tastes of the world. Students will have the opportunity to show off to their parents, family, and the community everything they have learned, and everything they completed for the project. The community will have an opportunity to taste recipes cooked by the class, and to buy cook books created by the class.
I think it is such a great idea to have a night where the community can come taste recipes that the students have made and also to be able to buy a cookbook they created is fantastic. I think it would be extremely exciting for the students to know that people are enjoying their recipes and will be making them in their homes after buying a cookbook. Fabulous idea!
ReplyDeleteThe night of your event will be so fun for your students. Reflecting on their progress, as well as their successess will remind them of what how far they have come. I really like that you reminded us that these projects are a lot of hard work; students deserve to reflect on how amazing they are.
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