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I have found that my students do their best thinking collaboratively, building on each others’ ideas to think deeper about a concept or text. To enhance that collaboration, my classroom would benefit from large dry erase boards that could be utilized by a group of students simultaneously. This would create a group work space for mind mapping, hexagonal assessment, and organization of literary terms and concepts. Giving my students an opportunity to review concepts verbally and visually with their peers would provide an extra step to the educational scaffolding happening in my classroom, bridging the education gap so many students are experiencing because of inconsistent learning during the pandemic. Direct instruction and independent practice is not enough to build a student's confidence in their skills. Some students with little support from home during the pandemic entered the classroom significantly behind their peers. Including collaborative learning opportunities helps lower-level students try out their knowledge in a low-stakes, low-stress situation where their peers can help build those skills. It also provides me, the teacher, an opportunity to work with smaller groups and assess in real time what concepts need reinforcement. Large dry erase boards and extra dry erase markers would make those collaborative learning lessons more meaningful and productive, providing space to visually organize and build their ideas.

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I have found that my students do their best thinking collaboratively, building on each others’ ideas to think deeper about a concept or text. To enhance that collaboration, my classroom would benefit from large dry erase boards that could be utilized by a group of students simultaneously. This would create a group work space for mind mapping, hexagonal assessment, and organization of literary terms and concepts. Giving my students an opportunity to review concepts verbally and visually with their peers would provide an extra step to the educational scaffolding happening in my classroom, bridging the education gap so many students are experiencing because of inconsistent learning during the pandemic. Direct instruction and independent practice is not enough to build a student's confidence in their skills. Some students with little support from home during the pandemic entered the classroom significantly behind their peers. Including collaborative learning opportunities helps lower-level students try out their knowledge in a low-stakes, low-stress situation where their peers can help build those skills. It also provides me, the teacher, an opportunity to work with smaller groups and assess in real time what concepts need reinforcement. Large dry erase boards and extra dry erase markers would make those collaborative learning lessons more meaningful and productive, providing space to visually organize and build their ideas.

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