Clay Play 

Through play, we will create opportunities for students to explore, engage and participate in academic endeavors in a meaningful way. 

Students used their imaginations to create a unique clay character possessing both intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics. Students understood that narrative stories have story elements, specifically characters with intrinsic and extrinsic traits that affect the events in the story. 

Meaningful Work

Through collaborative experiences, students foster a sense of empowerment and engage in meaningful activities. 

If we employ meaningful group work while students are making sense of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, then students will improve the development of their agency through voice and choice to tend to their sense of empowerment as evidenced by    

Tiny Humans

Through the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) supports, students will explore the process of food elaboration from farm to factory to consumer and come to understand that food comes from dairies, fields, and animals rather than just the supermarket.  

If we implement a variety of UDL supports (including peer buddies, visuals, multiple means of expression and task cards), while students actively engage in understanding the true origin of the foods different cultures consume and using kind, accepting and respectful words to express their opinions, then students will be able to access content through peer to peer interactions that result in peer to peer connections, as evidenced by student participation in a peer buddy gallery walk and group discussion.