6/12 TEACH OUT PROJECT PROPOSAL- "SUMMER OF JOY"

 

Choose a text:

 1) https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/recommitting-to-the-joyful-classroom/

 -Recommitting to the Joyful Classroom by the editors at Rethinking Schools. We have not read this one collectively as a class, but it focuses on the importance of student's experiencing and classrooms focusing on being joy-filled, not just happy or absent of struggle but able to feel a deep and abiding sense of contentment even during pain or sadness.

2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xuqWXdvnACgQe6nK5JcSuAzszPE6FvQJ/view

-The Academic and Social Value of Ethnic Studies by Christine Sleeter. This article discusses so many of the ways that a child embracing and learning about themselves and their heritage enriches their experience at school as well as their value of their own life. To me, this is a great example of self-care in students and allows them to feel distinct joy because of the ways that they get to warmly embrace themselves and their own history. 

WHO IS THIS FOR??

K-5th grade students! I would love to focus on ways that students can care for their joy over the summer, especially when every circumstance and home situation over break isn't the greatest. I will dive into practical ways they can steward their joy, as well as highlighting ways they can care for their bodies well in the summer heat! 

WHAT FORMAT?

I have a cork board in our main school hallway the I use to provide education health info to the kids. I switch it out every month or so. Before school is over I'm going to create a display on my board about the "Summer of Joy".