This school year, one thing we have kept going each week was a puzzle. Usually around 500 pieces, more or less. I had a student who was very good at them (like...very very good), and it helped him keep calm when feeling anxious.
As a team of 3 educators in the class, we would use our free time to work on the puzzle as well. There wasn't many opportunities for all 3 of us to work on it together, but this morning, exactly that happened. We all sat at the table and began to fit pieces together.
I was given the job of looking for the side piece that was missing...I'm good at spotting those. Middle sections of puzzles are not my strong suit. My coworker finds pieces that fit using colours, so she worked on attaching more pieces to my edge pieces. My other coworker is good at finding specific areas of the puzzle (like the eyes or nose on a dog), putting a few pieces together, and then fitting in the larger chunks later.
(then there's my student...who finds pieces everywhere, fits them together, making it look effortless)
See, we all used different strategies and had different strengths, but we worked as a team to complete the puzzle...just as we did in our class this year. We each brought in strengths, strategies and knowledge in areas, and together we helped our class succeed and reach their goals. We learned from each other, worked hard together, and supported one another.
We may have had our own roles and jobs to do, but in the end, we were working together for a common purpose.
What about you? How do you solve a puzzle?
As a team of 3 educators in the class, we would use our free time to work on the puzzle as well. There wasn't many opportunities for all 3 of us to work on it together, but this morning, exactly that happened. We all sat at the table and began to fit pieces together.
I was given the job of looking for the side piece that was missing...I'm good at spotting those. Middle sections of puzzles are not my strong suit. My coworker finds pieces that fit using colours, so she worked on attaching more pieces to my edge pieces. My other coworker is good at finding specific areas of the puzzle (like the eyes or nose on a dog), putting a few pieces together, and then fitting in the larger chunks later.
(then there's my student...who finds pieces everywhere, fits them together, making it look effortless)
See, we all used different strategies and had different strengths, but we worked as a team to complete the puzzle...just as we did in our class this year. We each brought in strengths, strategies and knowledge in areas, and together we helped our class succeed and reach their goals. We learned from each other, worked hard together, and supported one another.
We may have had our own roles and jobs to do, but in the end, we were working together for a common purpose.
What about you? How do you solve a puzzle?
My student putting together one of our class puzzles.
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