My Recess Padlet by Jessie Morales

Low test scores

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-14 18:01:07 UTC

"In the spring of 2023, only 56 out of every 100 fourth-graders were doing math at the level they should be. In 2019, before the pandemic, it was 69 out of 100. That's just one example from the report."

Our proficiency dropped so we need to pick it up. One way to pick it up is to have more learning time. One way to do this is to remove recess and use that time to learn.

Test scores

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-20 16:13:18 UTC

"Their report said that in 2023-24, the difference between test scores before and after Covid got bigger by 36 percent in reading and 18 percent in math."

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-21 16:50:50 UTC

"One important way is that play helps us learn how to get along with others. Dr. Pellegrini says that kids don't learn how to behave by being told what to do. They learn by playing with other kids and figuring out what's okay and what's not okay." Citation needed

Unstructured Recess

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-21 16:50:59 UTC

"Physical activity helps children maintain a healthy weight and combats the risk of Type 2 diabetes, a common condition prevalent in North American children." Recess guardian.org

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-21 16:54:02 UTC

"Being creative is important because it helps kids' brains grow more than following rules does. In free play, kids make up their own games and roles." Citation needed

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-21 17:10:25 UTC

"A study in 2007 gave a box of toy blocks to kids from different families. The parents kept track of how often the kids played with the blocks. After six months, the kids who had played with blocks did better on language tests than the kids who hadn't." This shows that when the kids were able to play with toys it actually helped them improve on tests.

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-21 17:28:44 UTC

"Play can help kids deal with stress and learn how to get along with others. But it can also make them smarter." It's good that that play can help them with stress and other things because I think that if they didn't have unstructured Recess it would be harder for them to focus.

jmora321_1 — 2025-10-22 16:36:34 UTC

"Like physical education, recess will need to be planned and directed to ensure that all children are participating in moderately vigorous physical activity." Structured Recess helps the kids follow rules to participate in activities.