Topic: home classroom ideas

The school under review streams students between grades 7 and 8. It uses a mix of contemporary literature and classics in its English Language Arts curriculum – an experimental program by the English department, named ‘Literary Exposure Through Epochs’ (LETE). The program aims to expose students to various literary periods and inspire a love for reading. Student attitudes ranged from enthusiasm to indifference or resistance. Some appreciated the new perspective and moral lessons, while others...

Recognizing this, Jane sought help from her school counselor, who introduced her to the Eisenhower matrix. This matrix focuses on categorizing tasks based on their urgency and importance. Jane started sorting her activities as per the matrix. She labelled homework and exam preparation as urgent and important, regular schoolwork as important but not urgent, and some extracurricular activities as not important but urgent. This method allowed her to prioritize and allocate time wisely. The analy...

Observational researchers have long been fascinated by the behavior of children in natural settings. A recent study focused on their interactions in playground or school yards, observing them as they actively interacted, played, and improvised. What emerged was a fascinating correlation between how kids spend their time outside the confines of the classroom and how this develops their time management skills. One such cognitive-based advancement is the method of Spaced Repetition. This method ...

The subject of our study was a fifth-grade class of 24 students at Pleasantville Elementary, a diverse public school in Illinois. The children displayed average writing skills but struggled with expressing their thoughts coherently and lacked creativity in their writing. Their teacher, Mrs. Smith, was committed to fostering their writing skills, setting the main objective as enhancing the children's creativity, promoting critical thinking, and improving written communication skills. Thus, tai...