written by Aderyn, Ella, and Oskar

We are students in Otter Tail River, an upper elementary classroom, and we are going to talk about how to use freedoms and responsibilities wisely.

Freedom and Responsibility can help to balance the work and choices of your school day. For example, a freedom could be sitting where you would like, working outside on projects, or cooking, but you would be responsible for tracking those choices in your work journal, and balancing them with practice work and follow up.

You have to be able to work responsibly with your freedoms, otherwise you might lose them.

We decided to ask a peer in our classroom about what their favorite freedom is, they said:

“ I like working outside on projects with other students.”

Then we asked about balancing freedom and responsibility, they said:

“ It is like a seesaw because they need to balance each other out.”