âI canât ever go back to teaching difficult concepts to the whole group. Quite frankly, by the time I finished passing out manipulatives to the class and monitored their use, I just wanted to collect them and end the lesson. Small groups are a gift to my students.â…
I was âon the road, againâ in San Antonio, Texas last week. No, I wasnât there to eat the hottest hamburger in the worldâthe â4 Horsemenâ which has the 4 hottest peppers in the world on it. Maybe I should explain…my son and I watch âMan vs.…
âOccasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.â -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Several teachers have written me asking about the scheduling of readiness groups and the vigor with which the readiness groups should be taught.…
One of the challenges teachers face when differentiating instruction is how to answer the questions that will arise when you begin to do what is best for all students. Because every student is unique in their understanding of concepts, their level of independence, their interests, and their learning style, what you do for each one must be different.…
âI’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.â – Maya Angelou
An effectively differentiated lesson clearly indicates that the teacher has anticipated and planned for student diversity (Tomlinson, 1999).…
âDonât believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and youâll see the way to fly.â -from the poem, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach
âWhat we call differentiated is not a recipe for teaching.…
“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.” -John Ciardi
“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.”…
Welcome to my Monday Blogs. Fridays will be about games and activities, Wednesday’s Blogs will focus on differentiated instruction, and Mondays will be about igniting and inspiring at the beginning of the work week.
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you neverr will change the outcome.”…
“Researchers from the University of South Carolina discovered that average students routinely learn in large group settings that don’t allow them to stand out or contribute in unique ways. Teachers tend to lecture or supervise ‘seat work.’ As a result, students passively receive new information and have few opportunities to apply skills, conduct experiments, or solve complex problems.…
âWhat we call differentiated is not a recipe for teaching. It is not an instructional strategy. It is not what a teacher does when he or she has time. It is a way of thinking about teaching and learning. It is a philosophy.â
-Carol Ann Tomlinson
Does this “square up” with your beliefs?…
