Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

First Aid for Homework Complete and Share

Objective: The student will create strategies to ease the problems which may occur to keep one from doing homework.

Activity: First Aid for Homework. Working in small groups, students create plans to cure homework problems. In so doing, they address the problems shown in the sculptures, creating a pamphlet which suggests ways to alleviate them. Possible solutions might include using comfortable furniture, bright lighting, asking for help from parents, or just having the family dog nearby.

Assessment: The pamphlet created provides a measure of student learning.