Abstract: This chapter focuses on making subjects physical engaging and gives many great suggestions. The chapter walks you through many activity ideas that I believe would really target many of the Multiple Intelligence's. Some examples include allow students to create a rap song, Let students stretch every 30 mins or so, the Ball Summary, Carousel Brainstorming, an Olympics course with an academic focus, or using drama in your classroom. All of these suggestions really got the students interacting with the work that they were doing. I feel that most students learn better when they are doing a memorable activity, which each of these qualify as.
Reflection: I was reminded of the school that Dr. Grace had mentioned with no windows when I saw the suggestion of adding a mirror to make the room seem bigger. This chapter gave some good and bad suggestions. It's great to get the kids moving and out of their seats. It gives the teacher and students a break from the same old boring stuff. I wasn't a big fan of the YMCA in New York's suggestion for an activity and some of these seemed more targeted at 4th or 5th grade. Also, a lot of these would need heavy supervision and rule set up for the immature kids in your classroom. Overall I liked this chapter though.
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