Just recently I was talking to the mother of a boy I worked with about 15 years ago. He is now teaching a 6th Class in a local primary school. His mum told me that he recently asked his class to write a Survival List for next year’s 6th class about being in his classroom. Fascinating reading. The survival hint that really made her smile was under the heading: Cross-What??????
The Cross Crawl is done every morning before reading. The class settles much better and the other 6th class teacher is so impressed she now has her class also cross crawling. My ex student was recently called to the headmaster’s office to explain how his class had improved by 38%. I don’t know how his explanation was received but the proof was obvious.