As I gear up from summer to back-to-school, the to-do list is long: Continue healing from a partial knee replacement. My knee’s doing beautifully, with range of motion returning, but my energy’s not its normal self yet. Integrate structures & concepts from the Readers Workshop. I started using this material last year, following a week [...]
Entries Tagged as 'time'
Another transition: gearing up for the start of the year
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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Time — urgent vs. sustained
September 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve had the opportunity to be thinking about time lately, both quantitatively & qualitatively — an opportunity that’s arisen from a drastic cut in the quantity of my instructional time this year. Not surprisingly, I perceive this cut to be affecting the quality of instruction. To cut to the quick, and at the risk of [...]
Time: another essential ingredient
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Imagine a perfect schedule for teaching. I have one. Every student in the school takes dance, kindergarten through 5th grade (except one, but that’s another story). I get to know them as they grow, and they accept dance (and me), almost like air. When new students come in, as they always do, they’re swept along [...]
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