More on SLOW
Mary Beth sent this: Hi Ben: This falls into the thread that was going on about SLOW. It is a rare video of Helen Keller with her teacher Anne sullivan. Anne is explaining how she taught Helen, and what struck me
Rates of Speech/Importance of SLOW
This comment-turned-article is why Robert Harrell was first published here last winter. It is worth a re-read, or a thousand of them throughout this coming year. It is so incredible - I would like to memorize those numbers below, especially
Article and Video
We are lucky to have an article and videos by one of our own PLC members and one of the five finalists in 2014 for ACTFL's National Teacher of the Year - Dr. Robert Patrick in Atlanta, Georgia. The article
My Mission Statement This Year: SLOW
James shares his mission statement for this year and it consists of just one word: No amount of student unrest or pride, no amount of pressure from administrators, schedules, or parents, and no amount of misdirected, self-serving personal goals will make
cCWB – compact Circling with Balls
I laughed (out loud) when Drew said yesterday:
Jody’s Comment Made Me Think
Jody made a comment about four days ago that has stayed with me. I think it is one of the most important observations I've ever read about comprehension based instruction. To start, I had said this:
Report from the Field – Laura Censi
Laura Censi sent this image, taken at the end of class. Sorry I can't figure out how to make the image smaller. Here is what she asked: Hi Ben, This is my first year doing TPRS and I've got three Spanish I classes.
The Four Brothers
These are the keys to everything: 1. Circling - it has to become automatic. There are some hokey videos by me on the topic of Circling on the Videos hard link at the top of this page. 2. We have to slow down
Video by Sabrina Janczak – 2
Here is the link to the second part of that class: https://vimeo.com/59204047 My comments: I see that the artist is working on transparencies for later use on the overhead projector. Perfect. It could be done on regular paper if you have a document
Video by Sabrina Janczak – 1
Sabrina has given me persmission to put up a class, broken up into two videos, of one of her recent classes. Here is the first link: https://vimeo.com/59206758 My comments are below. Others please comment in the comment fields below: When you ask them what