Olivia: Adriana, the structure keeps falling! Help me.
Teacher Adriana: Today, Sol experienced something similar and he discovered a new technique. How about you ask him to help you?
Sol: Yes, I know. Let me show you. You have to connect the edges of the tubes. You have to line them up. (Sol tests his theory.)
Evera: Oh yes. It worked Sol.
Sol, Olivia, and Eva decided to share the information at reflection meeting.
Reflection Meeting:
Olivia: Today the structure I was building kept falling. I felt overwhelmed.
Sol: Yes, and I helped her to repair it.
Adriana: What did you discover today as you repaired the building?
Sol: We need to line up the tubes. It needs to be in a line.
Adriana: So you aligned the tubes? Like, you connected the edges?
Sol: Yes. We align the edges and it works.
Adriana: That’s a new Key Word: Align. We discovered a new technique.
Cooper: What about if you add more blocks on the top? I think the structure will fall.
Adriana: Cooper, that’s a new idea we need to try. Would you like to come and test this?
Cooper: Yes!
As the children encountered challenges, they acknowledged that the support from their peers is essential for their ideas to come alive. By sharing their learning experiences, they discovered that other peers might have different information that could add layers to their learning. By continuing to reflect a common language where others’ input is valued, a classroom culture begins to develop.