{"id":14508,"date":"2022-03-09T13:39:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5badbfa87a.nxcli.io\/banaadir\/?p=14508"},"modified":"2022-03-09T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:39:50","slug":"two-classrooms-at-banaadir-elementary-celebrate-100-days-of-school-take-a-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtcs.org\/banaadir\/two-classrooms-at-banaadir-elementary-celebrate-100-days-of-school-take-a-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Two classrooms at Banaadir Elementary celebrate 100 days of school. Take a look!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, two Banaadir Elementary teachers creatively celebrated 100 days of school with their students.\u00a0\u00a0I had the great opportunity to experience it with the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0grade class and this is exactly what great learning looks like!<\/p>\n

Class began with a very moving activity of making \u201cFriendship Soup\u201d and what would go into theirs.\u00a0\u00a0Ingredients like 20 scoops of care, and a gallon of braveness were a couple of amazing Banaadir student ideas.<\/p>\n

Then it was time to unlock the 100 days of school.\u00a0\u00a0They were so excited!\u00a0\u00a0I have never seen children so excited to do math.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s how it worked: students were arranged in groups with color names, they grabbed their pencils, got the first sheet and worked together to solve the problems\u2014a journey to unlock the 100 days.\u00a0\u00a0Ms Cromwell checked their work, gave a bit of advice when needed, and when the sheet was complete, on to the next.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuick, so purple doesn\u2019t catch up to us!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

You could feel the competition and collaboration in the air.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms. Cromwell said, \u201cI feel a detour coming \u2026\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0And sure enough, instead of a another worksheet in one round, a group got \u2018how many push-ups can you do in 100 seconds\u201d or how many hops, and other physical activities to break up the heavy thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so good at money!\u201d Shouted one girl in sparkly pink and her 100 day crown.<\/p>\n

Ms. Cromwell announced there was 74 minutes left!\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOooh that\u2019s an hour and 14 minutes!\u201d hollered a boy. Everything was math, every child was fully engaged while math became pure fun.<\/p>\n

At the end, they were all winners.\u00a0\u00a0Not only did each child get the benefit of 100 days of learning at Banaadir Elementary, each child got a special 100 day treat put together just for them.<\/p>\n

Learning came alive in this classroom!\u00a0\u00a0Along with the images I took from the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0grade class, there are also a few from Ms. Johnson\u2019s Fifth grade class at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Congratulations, scholars!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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