Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Blog #7
If your approach to reading our text is anything like my first one was, you probably didn't take time to read all of the parts of Mr. Johnson's Unit on Buoyancy. When I finally did read it, strategies for "Important, Focused & Engaging Curriculum & Instruction" came alive for me! What helped was that I read it with eyes that finally understood how all of the hallmarks could really be "visible" in one unit of instruction! For Blog #7, carefully read Figure 6.1 on page 70, Figure 6.2 on pages 75- 78, Figure 6.3 on p. 79, and Figure 6.4 on page 80. Really looking at this unit makes Carol's words on the surrounding pages inspiring and engaging. So, after you have read the unit in the pages listed above, find 3 subheadings in the chapter that are very clear to you now. Compare and contrast Mr. Johnson's ideas, YOUR ideas for your own class, and the 3 subheadings that are especially meaningful in that comparison. (By "subtopics" I mean the 1- to 2-paragraph sections surrounding the Figures in chapter 6.). Is there something in what you are required to teach for which you could "plan the engagement" in similar ways?
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Thanks Becky for being a good friend. I have really enjoyed your sense of humor and h I can tell that you will do the same for your help. your students are lucky to have you as their teacher.
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Thanks Jordan! You are awesome! I am glad that we have become friends. I think that we will learn a lot from each other. I am still looking forward to having our kids be pen pals, I am going to put your name in my disclosure document...Is that ok?
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ReplyDeleteno I missed it! I will try to write it but it has been difficult. My daughter broke her foot and was in a lot of pain, I had to to take her to the dr today and found out that I need to take her to a specialist because the fracture is hindering her growth plate! What a weekend!
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