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As a beginning of the year icebreaker, on a windy fall day, I would like to peer partner my otherwise self-contained science class with a physics class. My students will invite their peers to join in a field day. My students will plan some icebreaker games, which we will plan and practice together beforehand, culminating in working together with their peer partner to fly a kite. This develops key opportunities for social assimilation of my students with more pervasive special needs, and it will be the first of a series of fun opportunities to integrate with their peers and build positive relationships. Likewise, the students in the physics class experience the joy of getting to know students who bring a level of compassion and happiness they would not otherwise have in their own science classroom, and recognize the value that every individual person holds.
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As a beginning of the year icebreaker, on a windy fall day, I would like to peer partner my otherwise self-contained science class with a physics class. My students will invite their peers to join in a field day. My students will plan some icebreaker games, which we will plan and practice together beforehand, culminating in working together with their peer partner to fly a kite. This develops key opportunities for social assimilation of my students with more pervasive special needs, and it will be the first of a series of fun opportunities to integrate with their peers and build positive relationships. Likewise, the students in the physics class experience the joy of getting to know students who bring a level of compassion and happiness they would not otherwise have in their own science classroom, and recognize the value that every individual person holds.