Our first week of 2013 was spent learning about ourselves, our multiple intelligences and our learning styles. We started off the week talking about being tolerant, respectful and kind to all individuals despite our differences.
We then continued the week with lessons about learning about ourselves as learners. As a class, students filled in a survey about their likes and interests. We took that information and graphed our multiple intelligences which tell us about our learning styles.
Students then took ownership of their multiple intelligence and agreed to assist others with their specialty if asked, and we constructed a Classroom Brain that students can refer to. We then discussed the importance of knowing that we all learn in different ways, rates and styles.
We are beginning to wrap up our lesson on multiple intelligences, we are finishing by discussing careers that are connected to the multiple intelligences, and we're going to discuss what the world would look like if everyone had the same multiple intelligence, and what it would look like if we were missing each of them. The students really seemed to enjoy learning about themselves, and discussing how we are all different and embracing those differences - Respecting Diversity. It was a great experience to be apart of.
