âWhat is the most useful game youâve ever played with your students?â
If I had $20 to spend on games, the commercial game I would select is the card game called the 24 Game. [www.24game.com]
Created in 1988 by Robert Sun, it has engaged and fascinated every student Iâve ever had.…
âThe conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.â -Agha Hasan Abedi
âEffective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.â -Peter F. Drucker
âAs we get ready to implement these groups do you think it’s necessary to take a few days and talk about the norms or rules of behavior that are expected?â…
“I want to begin using small groups in math and like the Tabor Rotation Framework. How do I “dip in my big toe?”
1. Divide your class into 4 heterogeneously mixed groups.
*The groups should not be the same as any other group which occurs in your room.…
âThe secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.â -Mark Twain
Iâve posted several blogs on the topic of planning effectively. [Read https://glennatabor.com/2010/09/how-to-plan-for-small-groups-in-math/] Part of my on-going support of schools with whom I have worked is assisting them in the planning process.…
âDreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions. ” Edgar Cayce
Many educators, who have attended my workshops concerned with simplifying small-group, differentiated instruction in mathematics using the Tabor Rotation Framework, have submitted questions. Before the year is over, my goal is to respond to as many of these questions as possible.…
âBetween stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.â â Viktor Frankl
Throughout the year I am thankful for so many things. Dedicated people with undying passion and vision keep me going and inspire me to continue on my mission.…
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…
âAs teachers we need to know what interests [students], what they love so as to turn such interests into education growth in knowledge and positive attitudes.â -Bruce Hammonds
Why is an abstract, multi-media piece of art posted in todayâs blog about differentiated instruction? Keep readingâŚ
Yesterday, as I began my workday and was pondering how to answer middle school and high school teacher requests, my mind was elsewhere.…
Have you heard this saying, âIf you fail to plan, then you plan to fail?â Or this one, âBad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.â Maybe Winnie-the-Pooh (as written by A. A. Milne) said it best, âOrganizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.â…
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.…
