Response to Janelle

Life is a journey that we all make. I want my classroom to be a positive stop on that journey. Students dance in and out of our school lives, and we should let them sing. We should encourage them to sing during that stay. When we present lessons that encourage choice and creativity, we allow them to sing and dance their way to learning. Choices help students develop voice in their writing. We have to prepare students to pass that pesky test in April or February or June or whenever they take it, but we don’t have to participate in that hoax of drill and kill. All we do with that is kill creativity and voice. In short, we perpetuate the hoax. Keep things real for kids. Give them skills they can use when they leave our studios. Give them the skills to sing and dance and perform on the stage of live.