The other day in class I had a longer lesson that I wanted to get through before the holiday break. I felt like if I broke it up into two lessons that were so far apart from each other, some students may have felt confused or not remembered the material we learned before break. During the middle of the lesson, it was clear to me that I was losing some of my student's focus. Some of them also made it clear to me that they were having a hard time focusing. I knew that students were not going to learn to the best of their ability if I kept going. We used the collaborative process to come up with a solution. I gave the students a brain break where they could reset, and then we finished the lesson. This worked out great for everybody involved due to the fact that we prioritized all of our feelings and came to an agreement. Even though this was just a minor conflict, I feel like collaboration worked well.
