On Fridays, in my classes that are current on their work, we play Jeopardy. Today, we had a category called US Presidential History and another that thas City/State nicknames. During the play, songs that students had memorized in 5th Grade (This was a 10th Grade class) came up and we watched some of them after the game was over. It was amazing how engaged these kids were with these videos. It was also amazing how well they had retained the information. They could sing along with the presidential rap song like they had just learned it.
I don’t know why I am so surprised by this. In vacation bible school this is how I learned the books of the bible, singing them to the Davy Crockett song. more than 4 decades later I remember the first stanza as if it was yesterday. It gets me all the way to Ruth. Experience takes care of the rest.
Kudos to the 5th Grade teacher from Metolius Elementry for engaging your students in a way that stuck with them. It’s what we all strive for. Making a difference long term. The joy these students had remembering their learning experience was fantastic to see.
May we all involved in students lives create that moment for them. Let us all keep that in mind as our goal.
The Embed Educator 