WANT TO CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU WRITE

ABOUT? THEN WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING

YOU CARE ABOUT.

IF ORGANIZE

YOU DONT
YOUR THOUGHTS THEM

THEN WONT
YOU

UNDERSTAND

ANYTHING CAN BE IMPORTANT AS LONG AS IT MATTERS TO YOU. IT

BECOMES IMPORTANT TO OTHER PEOPLE WHEN YOU CAN PROVE WHY ITS
IMPORTANT.

Citation:
West, J. j., & Roberts, K. e. (2016). Caught Up in Curiosity: Genius Hour in the Kindergarten
Classroom. Reading Teacher, 70(2), 227-232. doi:10.1002/trtr.1497
Memo:
I created these pieces because I felt they were the most important bits of information in the
article. It was important to note that teachers made what mattered to the students important in
the classroom. They also taught students how to effectively organize their thoughts to better
understand the point they were trying to get across, and last, they taught students that nothing is
just important to one person. They taught the class about what mattered to them, and they cared