“There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.” Warren G. Bennis
“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” …
“Information’s pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.” -Clarence Day, The Crow’s Nest
Last week I received a comment and a request from Anne, an academic coach at an Elementary school in Georgia. I first heard from Anne this August when she visited my website looking for information about differentiating instruction and using small groups in math. …
“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.”…
“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” — T.S. Eliot
A few weeks ago I watched a group of first grade students use base ten blocks.…
“We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live full in [life’s] total meaning of love, caring, creating, and adventuring. Consequently, the actualizing of our potential can become the most exciting adventure of our lifetime.” -Herbert Otto
Since the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, I have worked with many schools to assist them in effectively planning for math instruction using small groups and differentiated strategies.…
Happy Friday! I’m on the road in Montgomery County, MD this week working with a dynamic school full of incredible educators! We’ve been busy mapping the math curriculum and creating Tabor Rotation planning guides, but I didn’t want to miss Math Game Friday, so…
“If it’s not fun you’re doing it wrong.” …
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” -Jesse Owens
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” -Abigail Van Buren
“What do I do with the rest of the class when I’m working with my differentiated, readiness groups on Thursday and Friday?…
“Strong teachers insist that effective teaching is neither mysterious or magical.” -S. Farr
What is it that makes a teacher strong, vital, and exceptional? What is it that separates the good teachers from the master teachers? Farr and his colleagues found certain patterns in the teachers they observed:
*Tended to set big goals for their students.…
“What 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.”
-Carol Ann Tomlinson
Does this “square up” with your beliefs?…
