Student Contributor: M. Gil Mendoza
Cool down jar is filled with glitter glue, (Students choice of colors) water, and oil. It should be used when the student needs to take a mental or emotional break from class to refocus and center themselves and then rejoin the class when they are ready, should be less than 5 minutes to not take away from their learning.
(1)This tool should be used as a cool down method in supporting students when they are having a difficult time focusing, upset, or not in the mood to participate. A few key points would be: Allow students to be involved in the process of creating their own sensory/cool down jar, have a time limit on the cool down jar time I would say no more than 3-5 minutes depending on how upset the student is, lastly making sure that they are put away and not a distraction to students when not being used. (2) I have my own personal sensory jar and I use it often when I feel stressed or upset about something and need to do some deep breathing or stop and think time to evaluate my situation and feelings at the moment.
(1)This tool could be placed under the Preventative phase in the sense that it is already a tool that is implemented in the classroom, I put this tool under the Supportive because I feel that using this tool as a cool down method for students supports them in their mental and emotional health to recollect themselves and once they have done so they can come back and participate in a better more focused state of mind, and I don’t feel that it truly relates to the Corrective Phase, I personally do not see a connection in how it does or would. I chose to place this tool under the Student Directed theory and the Collaborative theory. This tool aligns with Student directed theory because the students should be involved in the creation of their own cool down sensory jar and use it when they feel they need to. This tool aligns with the Collaborative theory because the teacher provides the idea and can work with the students when they use the cool down jar if guidance is needed but it is mostly a student responsibility.
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Tool Source: Pinterest and YouTube
