A "Look Into" Ms. Houston's Second-Grade Class

One powerful tool for conveying the Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom ™ vision is through our "Look Into" narratives. Each one describes a glimpse into LATIC, painting a picture that allows teachers to envision similar moments in their own classroom. A "Look Into" Ms. Houston’s Second-Grade Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom ™ It’s Wednesday, and students file into Ms. Houston’s classroom, put their things away, and head to their tables. One student from each table heads to the resource table to retrieve the folders, Efficacy Notebooks , and table journal for their home group. Another student takes the table journal and looks for Ms. Houston’s comments on how well they worked together yesterday. In one group, Gabriella reads the comments from the table journal, which were mostly good, except for them needing to return materials to the resource table so others can use them. The group members all nod or give a thumbs-up to signify they’ll work on that today. Then the