Mrs. Gomez is in her third year of teaching fourth grade. This year one student\

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Mrs. Gomez is in her third year of teaching fourth grade. This year one student's dad visited with Mrs. Gomez during the second week of school and described his son Gabe as very creative. He mentioned Gabe's skill in crafting witty statements, his love of writing and creating characters and settings with distinctive traits, his insatiable curiosity, and his intensity. Mrs. Gomez discussed with the dad some of the things she would like to do to encourage Gabe's creativity and help him acclimate to classroom rules and procedures without feeling stifled. Gabe's dad felt like she was on the right track.

On the way home from school, Mrs. Gomez is reflecting on the conversation and realizing that she would like to encourage creativity in all of her students. She believes she can work effectively with Gabe and use some of the same ideas to help other students think outside the box.

Describe at least four things Mrs. Gomez might do that will foster Gabe's creativity and encourage other students to be creative.

Explanation / Answer

Creativity is channel to new world, ideas, thoughts. If the creativity is shaped in school days students can create wonderful things when they become adults. As the Gabe's father states that he can construct witty sentences and can imagine characters.

Open end assignments/ Journal - She can intially ask Gabe to narrate his own created story and then can give this task in groups. So students can have group work and have fair idea as Gabe has narrated story before.

Set a time apart from studies - Mrs. Gomez can make up a time table and can set a time weekly or twice in a week in which reading activity as per the theme of the month should be done eg: aquatic life, history etc

Competition of dramas and dance, Group discussions and debate - This is the most exciting and beloved part of students, competition encourages creativity. Mrs. Gomez can envourage students to write small drama scripts. and can reward the best drama. Often group discussion and debate can bring out the best in the person

Teaching any foreign language also opens doors to creativity

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