The First Days of School has become such a fascinating read to me. Guidelines are simply told in such a straight-forward manner that it's relaxing. Hearing story after story of students following procedures seems not that hard to follow, until I imagine setting up my own classroom like that and it seems pretty incredible. However, these rules seem great. Have a routine. I've heard somewhere that it takes two weeks to fully dive into a routine. I wonder how much longer it would be if that consistency didn't start on the first day! That must be such an important thing.
I remember the classes in which I had a Bellwork assignment and I loved doing those. I had a sheet for every week with every day listed on it, and I was so excited when I could finish one because I could see just how much further to go until the weekend. Even if it was only Monday, I got to mark something off! I was that much closer. So that procedure makes a lot of sense to me.
Something I did notice in this book was the fact that these suggestions are great for elementary and maybe middle school classes. I understand the principles are the same, but maybe some techniques listed are a little too youthful. So, I will have to take my own time and determine how I can adapt these principles (which I recognize as important) and transform them to be mature and appropriate enough for high-schoolers, which seems like a very daunting task. Any suggestions?
Effective Assignments:
1. What to accomplish
2. Write each accomplishment as single sentence.
3. Give students the sentences.
4. Send sentences to parents.
Verb + Words
Tests are wriiten before the lesson begins, because that is what we will base the assessment on.
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