This year I began class with students watching the Pixar animation "For the Birds."
Students were asked to watch the movie and then write about what they saw. Students were also prompted to think of possible reasons as to why their math teacher would be showing this during our first math class. After writing quietly, I then asked students to share what they saw and possible reasons as to why I had show For the Birds. Their responses were right on!
Listening to one another, accepting one another's uniqueness, laughing with one another and not at one another, not making fun of others and realizing that if you laugh at somebody then sooner or later they may be laughing at your are all core ideas which they shared.
