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Think about the ways that you help your students find a sense of meaning or purpose. How many times do you hear, "why do we have to learn this?" Sometimes that is a tricky question to answer. How do we make our teaching the most authentic it can be?

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Practicing stillness and silence in your classroom

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Practicing stillness and silence in your classroom

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Stop and think... when was the last time your class had an opportunity to just pause in the busy and hectic day and be still?

I have a story about how this has impacted my classroom environment.

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Think about your students and your teammates. What practices have you done to help them connect with the subtopics from the chapter (self, one another, community, lineage, nature, or higher power)?

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Think about the practices you have done or would like to do to bring more trust within your classroom? What would it look like in a primary versus intermediate environment?

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1. Goal setting is so important for students

2. Discussing and writing about what we want to accomplish in life

3. Providing opportunities to do something within the community. What kind of things does your school or do you implement to promote service learning?

4. Write letters to our future selves (this can be an alternative to the obituary which would be very difficult for younger students to do)

5. Class led discussions about the big questions tying into literature, history, language study and even science

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1. Allowing for moments of silence and stillness. Start small and you can work your way up. (We started with one minute for second grade students)

2. Allowing for a chunk of time for students to work on something, draw, read, or even sleep where there is complete silence. Including the teacher! Establish rules and routines before this. (We taught a few signs from ASL for student emergencies)

3. Breathing exercises to bring oxygen to the brain

4. Periods of silent reflection- you can even guide it to set a goal or make a decision.

5. Quiet wait time.

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Human Connection in Deeper Learning by Aaron Schorn

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Human Connection in Deeper Learning by Aaron Schorn

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Learner-Centered

This is a great article on methods of building a learner-centered environment within a school community.

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What is the answer to deeper learning? Human connection.

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What are some ground rules you think a class would need to establish trust? 

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What are some ground rules you think a class would need to establish trust? 

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Reflect on what you would write in your obituary. What do you want to succeed and accomplish to gain your true sense of meaning and purpose.

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⭐️Children's Relaxations for Mental & Emotional Well-Being, Calm & Focus in the Classroom. I help teachers, educators, parents & mental health professionals to improve their student/children's mental & emotional well-being so that they can have calmer kids & calmer classrooms. Because my content is made for children, unfortunately the comments are turned off.

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 A few ideas from the book about building connections:

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 A few ideas from the book about building connections:

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1. Connect with nature: GET OUTSIDE! Go on a nature walk, read outside, write outside.

2. Building a classroom community: this takes time. Students are typically slow to warm when in a new classroom setting. Don't push for all students to share, give them the time to observe others.

3. Connect to lineage: have them research their names. Bring in a cultural discussion.

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-create a symbol of how you feel right now

-warm up exercises

-bring an object that symbolizes who you are

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Quickly sketch or jot something that symbolizes who you are.

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Once trust and routines are established, the teacher can bring in deeper activities such as the mysteries questions and the council process. 

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Once trust and routines are established, the teacher can bring in deeper activities such as the mysteries questions and the council process. 

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One mystery question that I have is if I am ever going to feel like I will measure up to the expectations I have set for myself.