How to Tell if a Kid Isn't Understanding a Concept

A lot of it comes from You give them something to do and you can quickly figure out if they know what the hell they're doing or not. I always encourage kids to uh to make mistakes We have signs in our class that say mistakes are valuable and I have them spell the words mistakes are valuable incorrectly and hang them on the walls. If a kid isn't actually sort of Sitting in a way that Is attentive and And excited, you know that you don't have that kid for whatever reason that you've lost that kid's attention.