We are so looked at! All those administrators, instructional coaches, etc. who have nothing better to do than look at us, weigh us, judge us, make us accountable, make us nervous, give us too many tasks, far too many to allow us to do what we went into the profession for, to do the best job we […]
I thought of something else for when the Circling with Balls loses energy. Go from the facts you are talking about to the topic of love! That will wake them up. Here is a very simple example: Class, Jenna likes to watch TV! (ahhh!) Does Jenna like to watch TV? (yes) (finish circling this naturally) Then
I’m not a big TPR guy but I got an email from a colleague today that is definitely worth sharing if you are in fact doing any TPR to start the year. This description of TPR is excellent and I highly recommend it: We go through my TPR list. I started the first day with
Today I got an email that made me feel real good. Here it is: Hi Ben, You’ve been a lifesaver for me so far this year. By using comprehensible input, and being better with classroom management I feel like a competent teacher for once. Last year was my first year teaching and I used the
