TEACHERS! What kind of quote could i use for fitting together in a classroom?

Question

I'm a teacher and I'm decorating my classroom for this school year.

I'm putting pictures of my students on little puzzle pieces . . . . What would be a good quote on how the class could "fit together" like a puzzle? Help!

Answer 1

Make it your Classroom Mission Statement - realizing everyone's place in the puzzle

The focus throughout the year would be on the student interpreting their  environment and their place within it.  Challenge the kids to tell you what motivates them, what their good at, what their fears are using art, storytelling, improvisation, etc.

Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.

Lewis Carroll

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle." - Deepak Chopra

You know how a puzzle has borders?  I want you to think outside the borders this year!  Tell me what you want to do with your life?  How does this story relate to your life?  How about being the best you can be?  I'll give you the tools!

When we begin life, we are all given a puzzle -- each one very different, yet special. As we continue through our lives, we meet people and have some type of affect upon their life, as they do on ours. We share with them a piece of our puzzle and they share a piece of theirs, with us, in return. No matter what type of impact they had upon our life, we still carry along with us, a piece of their puzzle. Meaning that everyone we encounter has a special impact upon our lives, because they have shaped us into what we are today. This is called the puzzle of life. Each puzzle growing and changing throughout our lives, but always becoming better and always having the same foundational pieces. Know that you DO make a difference in peoples lives! I thank you for sharing part of your puzzle with me!" - Erin Bridget Doyle

  Picture Puzzle Piece

Shel Silverstein

One picture puzzle piece

Lyin' on the sidewalk,

One picture puzzle piece

Soakin' in the rain.

It might be a button of blue

On the coat of the woman

Who lived in a shoe.

It might be a magical bean,

Or a fold in the red

Velvet robe of a queen.

It might be the one little bite

Of the apple her stepmother

Gave to Snow White.

It might be the veil of a bride

Or a bottle with some evil genie inside.

It might be a small tuft of hair

On the big bouncy belly

Of Bobo the Bear.

It might be a bit of the cloak

Of the Witch of the West

As she melted to smoke.

It might be a shadowy trace

Of a tear that runs down an angel's face.

Nothing has more possibilities

Than one old wet picture puzzle piece.

Answer 2

You could read "The Missing Piece" by Shel Silverstein depending on your grade level and then talk about how the everyone works together to be a whole piece.