I think that the promotion of peer interaction is very important at every level of education not just with your classmates or friends. Plus, the system makes the first graders feel important and gives the fifth graders some level of responsability for their bubbies education. Thanks for the idea. When reading through a book on tips for teachers the other day, I found a neat way for kids to display their answers to oral questions instead of shouting them out loud in class. Use lids of margarine and coffee containers as portable slates.
Students write answers with crayons.
After holding answers high for the teacher to check, they wipe them with a tissue and get ready to write again. Just thought it was a creative idea. I collect free and inexpensive teaching tips and this is surely one for me. Response I like the idea of using plastic lids with crayons for children to answer the teacher's questions. I saw a first grade teacher who had a similiar idea with miniature chalkboards and chalk.