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Students use the CAFE' menu as a visual aid to help them think about their strategies when reading, select new learning targets to practice, and demonstrate their new learning in a multitude of ways. Our CAFE' menu strategies include C OMPREHENSION, A CCURACY, F LUENCY, & E XPANDED Vocabulary. Throughout the year, Students will add new skills. Experiential Learning Model Experiential Learning Model adapted from Pfeiffer, J.W. The Reference Guide to Handbooks and Annuals, Vol. 1-10, 1972-1985. San Diego, CA: University Associates Publishers and Consultants. 1 EXPERIENCE the activity; perform, do it 2 SHARE the results, reactions, and observations publicly 3 PROCESS. May 10, 2015 Experiential Learning Model Experiential Learning Model adapted from Pfeiffer, J.W. The Reference Guide to Handbooks and Annuals, Vol. 1-10, 1972-1985. San Diego, CA: University Associates Publishers and Consultants. 1 EXPERIENCE the activity; perform, do it 2 SHARE the results, reactions, and observations publicly 3 PROCESS.

Cultivating a postive classroom community is such an important part of teaching, and I’ve learned that little things go a long way. One of the ways to help build our students up is to help them see themselves (and their classmates) in a positive light. One of the ways I did that this year was by doing an activity all about “The Best Part of Me.”

I’ve mentioned my sweet friend LeAnn several times, because she is a constant source of inspiration! When I visited her classroom a while back (we teach at different schools), I saw her students’ adorable “Best Part of Me” pictures and writings. I knew I had to do it with my kiddos!
The original lesson is from Genia Connell on Scholastic’s website. {here} The mentor text for this activity is The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald.

I love the idea of the book and that the author went into 3rd-5th grade classrooms and the pictures were great inspirations for my students to start thinking about the best part of them and to understand what their final product was going to look like. I guess I just thought there would be a lot more poems to pick from, but the book didn’t have as many as I thought it would! The couple that I chose to read worked out well and my students enjoyed them.

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I love how the black and white photos turned out and it looks so great having the best part of all my students on a beautiful bulletin board display for everyone to see! I’m hoping to make a class book with all the poems so that I can use them next year when I am teaching the lesson!