Question 3: To think or not?!

To think or not to think?

Hmm..that’s something that Mrs. Roark has taught me. The children in your future class should always be given time to think, not only about what they are learning about in science class or math but all the time.

Mrs. Roark encourages thinking with her students. Even when they are writing their agenda’s down in the beginning of their morning she is always telling them to not only write what is on the smart board but to think about what they think the day will hold for them. She is constantly getting her students to think whether it is about the decision to talk to their peers when they should be doing their work or if they are walking down the hall to their “Specials” class they must think about what the hallway will look like when they are walking down them

There was a time where I got to see Mrs. Roark read to the class during their Read Aloud, she had them look at the cover of the book for a while and then close their eyes. She had them think about what they just saw and they had to think about what they thought the story was going t o be about.

Thinking is healthy, as teachers I feel like we should never limit a child to think about only one thing because we are then limiting them to box instead of exploration. I admire the way Mrs. Roark challenges her class to think outside the box, those children will be the ones who find a cure to cancer, be the ones who will stop world hunger or even to be the next best third grade teacher. Thinking should never be limited to just one subject or area.

xoxo