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Comments from Bette Crowningshield and Mary Ellen McTigue:
Collaboration of teachers and multiage students was a very positive experience. Working in collaborative groups encouraged students to be risk takers. Presenting their creations helped them to overcome concerns about speaking in front of a group. The use of consensus in the group projects allowed all students to actively participate in the learning process.
Curiosity about chocolate, its origin and process was stimulated yet conquered in the presentation by a parent who had just returned from a cocoa plantation We lived chocolate!! This was a wonderful home/school connection. Parents were vital to the sweet success of this tiny morsel. Bar None!
Probably the most exciting piece for us as teachers was the level of enthusiasm whenever we read a class story or they read independently. So many parents commented on their child’s positive outlook for reading. Many students asked their parents to purchase their own copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Cocoa Commotion.
It was difficult designing rubrics to reflect poetry assessment. We needed to reach out to other colleagues who were not as biased as we were. We felt all the poems were wonderful. Peer review helped us clarify the direction of our experience.
We will include the children more in the design of a new experience.
Acknowledgements:
Lake Champlain Chocolate Factory
www.lakechamplainchocolate.com
1-800-634-8105
Many parents who graciously manned the cooperative teams