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September 8, 2009 What's Your Story?
Teacher Man: A memoir by Frank McCourt Main Points: - inflation of student grades on written exams - marks for showing up, legible writing - extra marks depending on family situation, and home life
Young Adolescents' Developmental Characteristics - Teachers need to consider the different levels and developmental stages that each of their students in their class will be at when planning lessons and instructional strategies.
Teacher Tips from Class: ~ Name Tags: Not just the students name but the name with a silly nick name that the student has selected. ~Spolight: Have students have a moment of spolight in front of the class to share something about themselves. ~ What's Your Story? to get to know your students better and understand each students background.
Rethinking the Middle School Curriculum - Skills are most often taught seperately and in isolation from their use. - This curriculum suggests that teachers be repositioned in relation to themes rather than subjects...it implies the use of heterogeneous grouping and reformed procedures for evaluting and reporting.
Questions from class: - How do you deal with students in situations like the ones mentioned in the Teacher Man article without giving grades away? - If there is research supporting they way in which curriculum should be taught at the Middle School level why haven't more schools adopted this method?
