Boys and Girls Learn Differently

Through Jasmine and Mykayla's book talk, we learned a lot about differentiating by gender. Boys are more apt to be competitive while girls are more shy and nervous if they are wrong. The author suggestion seperating gender to reach a comfort level. I don't find this a reality though, how will they be exposed to the opposite sex and their opinions if we always seperate them. Jasmine's story about the little boy in her mother's class breaks my heart because little boys need that interaction with other little boys to be themselves but as children grow up they need a mixture of both genders in order to find themselves. Some aspects of the book, I feel I will use in my classroom like (1) the recovery room, (2) the 60 second rule, (3) same gender grouping, (4) book retrivals and (5) talk about its/write about its. Each of these processes will build character and individuality which will bring out the best in ALL students. This book will come in handy in the future and I feel that I will purchase it to keep it in my teaching library. The other thing I appreciated from their talk was the topic of mandatory sports and how a 'sport' doesn't have to be the normal sports we think of/hear about on a daily basis. Sports are good to relieve stress and also to give a sense of character. Teachers should have different sports incorporated in their teaching like daily hikes, yoga, frisbee, walks, etc. to keep students fit and focused.