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Students Wanted |
Your number one job as a student is to add value to the classroom. To do that, focus on the following:
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Add "purpose" to your work.
Help the whole class learn. Define problems. Propose solutions. 
Determine "what's not there."
Take control of your own learning. Build a personal, life-long connection to knowledge. Instead of "I don't know," say "I don't know yet!" Be courageous. |
Make global connections. 
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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Classroom Tasks for Students:
There are four tasks that you will be asked to take on from time to time. Those tasks include:
Daily Scribe: Whenever we are exploring our lessons, two students will collaborate as "official" note-takers for the day. Their notes will be open to a class edit and distributed to the class before that block's final bell.
Official Researcher: Additionally, one or two students will be responsible for finding information on the internet that supports the day's lesson. The supporting resources will be shared with rest of the class.
Content Creator: Once per trimester, you and one or two partners will create tutorials to support our lessons. Your tutorial will become part of an on-line library of support for the entire 6th grade.
Teacher: Remember, you are not just students. You are also teachers. From time to time, I will ask you to demonstrate your mastery of a subject by teaching it to the rest of your class.
There are four tasks that you will be asked to take on from time to time. Those tasks include:
Daily Scribe: Whenever we are exploring our lessons, two students will collaborate as "official" note-takers for the day. Their notes will be open to a class edit and distributed to the class before that block's final bell.
Official Researcher: Additionally, one or two students will be responsible for finding information on the internet that supports the day's lesson. The supporting resources will be shared with rest of the class.
Content Creator: Once per trimester, you and one or two partners will create tutorials to support our lessons. Your tutorial will become part of an on-line library of support for the entire 6th grade.
Teacher: Remember, you are not just students. You are also teachers. From time to time, I will ask you to demonstrate your mastery of a subject by teaching it to the rest of your class.
