December 16, 2008 – 8:14 am
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A professional plumber knows where to look for a leak. A professional exterminator knows where the bugs hide. A dynamite professional teacher knows how to extract the important bits, or chunks, out of a lesson and drive them home. The goal of every lesson should always be 90-100% mastery. This goal is best achieved [...]
December 1, 2008 – 6:23 pm
When it starts getting incessantly noisy in your classroom, you have to do something about it. The kids can take over the class and everyone can believe you are shouting at them for no reason.
September 6, 2008 – 8:53 am
Teaching is in some ways like having too many toys and nothing to play with. Back to school for the planner can feel quite overwhelming unless one has defined goals. When you consider a child’s needs in 185 days and all the things you could do to meet those learning needs, it is overwhelming. The [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Teaching
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Also tagged Assessment in education, California, evaluation, goals, Innovation in Teaching, Language, language arts assessment, map, methods, nclb, No Child Left Behind, standards tests, targets, teaching children
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