Make Claims, Provide Evidence

Here with Andrew, getting him to give me intelligent reasons why he shouldn't have had to take his name off of the board for being off task.

If you're going to make a claim, back it up with evidence. The stronger, or more intelligent you can make your claim, the more likely you are to affect positive change into your life.

His misbehavior was being unfocused during a task. The task, or challenge, was to get in groups of reading skill strengths, and create test questions based on the week's reading story.

Interpersonal intelligence, getting along and working effectively with others, seems to be of as much value in today's world as any of the other multiple intelligences. The development of this is high priority. Andrew was able to communicate that his group had finished the task, that in fact I was wrong in my assessment, and therefore he didn't deserve to have his name taken off of the board.

I agreed with him and he was set free.

James, my assistant for this challenge, is pretending to be a Triceratops dinosaur. Hey, he is strong in all areas of reading, so he is allowed to keep his mind active via imagination. I asked him to follow me and learn to see the big picture of how all the individual reading skills come together as a whole.

Plus, I taught yesterday while balancing a yardstick on my head, so who am I to talk?