“Effective teaching is the best test
preparation,” Alan
commented yesterday on my post. I started thinking how we have completely lost
sight of this in the face of new rules and regulations in education.
It saddens me to think that the trove of
experience and know-how just in our school building alone knows what Alan knows
but we have run amok trying to implement this core of common knowledge….aka The
Common Core.
Yesterday, I tried to teach effectively. At
least more effectively than I have been teaching lately. I quietly pushed aside
the testing materials (wanted to trash them but I controlled that impulse). I
took out a poem I wrote (for this writing challenge one year ago) and used it
as a mentor text. And then, as a class, we wrote together….
a poem.
What a good reminder, and good for you for doing this authentic work with your students today.. I bet it was like a breath of fresh air for everyone!
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