We might as well get the bathroom pass discussion going here, since we are in the middle of the seating chart discussion right now as well: What I personally do is allow two 3 min. trips per class without asking. They just get up and go. When I explain that policy in the first few days of […]
So many creative seating arrangements are out there. Some are designed for classroom discipline and others are designed to stimulate creative sharing of ideas around the room. The problem is that in classes based on comprehensible input the kids can’t share creative ideas – all they can do is distract each other. They must be listening. So,
A guy at my Tuesday session in Las Vegas asked me during a crucial point in the session, “Where are you going with this?” The underlying tone of the question was, “I don’t know what you are doing there – it looks stupid to me.” I smiled and answered, “Mind meld!” Can you imagine how
