FOCUS chapter 2
Some thoughts..
We are to educate each child as if they are going to college. Yes! I consider my teaching to be college prep...and I teach first grade.
Does LHS offer speech/debate class?
Meaningful reading, writing, speaking and thinking.
I am using non-fiction text in my classroom more than ever before.
Problem solving is a big hurdle for my first grade class. It seems that the children come to me without the ability to solve the smallest hiccup in their day. Their pencil breaks and I am asked "What do I do?'
I am teaching children how to apologize and how to accept an apology...
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ReplyDeleteWe no longer require speech to graduate, which I believe is a travesty. We need to teach children how to communicate verbally and in writing effectively if we really want to give them a leg up.
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