Expected, Inspected, & Respected.
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
This was my lesson plan from Monday: The whiteboard paddle quiz was a good way to refresh their memories about the fur trade after spring break and they were really into it. However, it took a little longer than I thought it would and so I skipped some parts of the writing task in order to speed things up. Instead of practicing the I do, we do, you do approach to writing, I skipped it and went straight to the task and had them start writing in order to maximize the time they had left. They were quiet and respectful but I could see that most of them were stuck, pencils hovering over an empty page. I tried to provide some scaffolding for those who were struggling to put themselves in the shoes of the story's protagonist by writing my own letter at the front of the room to give them some ideas. What I should have done is what Kimi Werner suggests in this TED Talk - slow down to speed up. She says that often, "The very things we tell ourselves we're supposed to do are actually the opposite of what we should do." If I had executed my plan like I originally envisioned and not rushed to the end, they may have had less time to write, but the writing time would have been more productive and valuable. It would have been fine to have them continue their writing at the start of the next social studies class. #LessonLearned.
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