Finishing the Book

So, summing it up? What are your thoughts, ideas, inspirations, etc?

Chapters 6 & 7

Chapter 6 discusses Lesson Design while Chapter 7 builds on this idea to Assessment, Reflections, and Next Steps. Try using Miller's Lesson Design in something you are teaching in the next few days. Then fill out the chart for yourself on p. 103 (Reflections/Next Steps). Blog about your success with this this lesson design (or ways you could have improved if it wasn't successful-remember this is a safe place-we are all learners here!). Discuss your reflection/next steps. . .

Chapter 4 & 5

Just as you learn through blogging, so do I. I have falsely believed if I didn't "direct" this blog w/a question, then there would be no depth of learning. Or perhaps I blogged to you in question format b/c this is the way I had always seen modeled? Anyway, the depth of the learning in the blogs for chapters 2 & 3 were really deep and exactly what I had been trying to do when I simply said blog about what you learned. You impressed me and inspired me.

Chapter 4 discusses supporting and promoting student thinking; Chapter 5 is about teaching for understanding and engagement. What do you want to blog about from the chapters?

Chapters 2 & 3

Chapter 2 talks about aligning our beliefs to our practice while Chapter 3 focuses on environment. What do you want to blog about (from the text)?

Chapter 1

After reading chapter 1, respond to the following question: Would you want to be a child in your classroom? Why/why not?