I teach all the high school English classes in a tiny PreK-12 public school, which means I get to keep my kids for four years. We currently have 62 high school students. A major advantage of teaching in such a small school is that we get to know our students, and their individual needs, very well.
I love the flexibility our school has built into the schedule to address our kids' individual needs and interests.
We use the last hour of the day to provide intervention and enrichment. As a result, I have done everything from teaching intervention math to middle school students to provide a board game enrichment room for a mixed group of students in grades 6-12. We're always looking for further enrichment opportunities to expand our kids' interests and skills.
My Project
Recently, I decided to learn to knit. My students are interested in this new hobby. They frequently ask about my progress and to see what I'm working on. Many have shared stories of watching older relatives knit and have asked whether it's something they could learn.
I have so many interested students that I can run multiple sections of knitting classes for beginners during our school's enrichment period.
This hour at the end of the day is used to offer students extra help in academic areas as well as to provide enrichment opportunities in areas of interest. Knitting would be a great activity that would allow for social distancing, provide stress relief during a more-stressful-than-usual year, and enable kids to make something concrete of which they can be proud. It's also an activity that we can use whether we're learning in person or virtually.
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