tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411291015394462265.post3736957294505739006..comments2023-10-30T03:56:22.755-07:00Comments on In The Trenches - ELA in ND: Covering the State's Standards Quickly and EfficientlyGrammatically Delicious Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08663962778288841986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411291015394462265.post-20549564200996390392009-03-24T08:38:00.000-07:002009-03-24T08:38:00.000-07:00I agree about 4MAT. I suggested it early in my bl...I agree about 4MAT. I suggested it early in my blog entries. I guess I should put a link to the website in my gadgets!<BR/><BR/>DanielleGrammatically Delicious Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663962778288841986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411291015394462265.post-37005025181488578472009-03-24T07:03:00.000-07:002009-03-24T07:03:00.000-07:00Hi Danielle:Thought I would respond to your many b...Hi Danielle:<BR/>Thought I would respond to your many blogs you have posted. This is a good idea to communicate with the teachers. As for trying to meet all of the standards, I highly recommend using 4MAT Lesson Design which allows you to meet several standards as well as meeting students' individual learning styles, too. I am teaching this design to my Intro to Ed students here at the college and am sharing this with the faculty tomorrow morning.<BR/><BR/>Hope you all enjoy your snow day!! Us Higher Ed folks are much hardier and are holding classes as usual.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work, everyone!<BR/>DKSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411291015394462265.post-76134874855874567692009-03-23T18:52:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:52:00.000-07:00Thanks for your nice words. I have always wanted...Thanks for your nice words. I have always wanted to save the world and I can't accept the reality of that being impossible.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411291015394462265.post-415203297556288622009-03-23T14:18:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:18:00.000-07:00I am not crazy enough to believe that I have what ...I am not crazy enough to believe that I have what it takes to ever bring 100% of my students to proficient as NCLB mandates. BUT, I often get complaints from other teachers about how long it takes to teach each and every benchmark in the document. It does not take long at all if you are covering many of them in one unit. Do I believe I will ever reach everyone? No. Do I believe I can redesign my units to accomodate for the newest in brain research and differentiated learning. Yes. It is a fine line, but every teacher should have what it takes to do better each and every day. Pissed Off, you have had what it takes since the beginning. I've read your blog. You are a softy at heart who follows those kids around berating them into learning. They respect you, you teach, and the rest is history. The only reason you continue to comment on the ones that will never "be able to" is because you are one of the ones that actually cares if they do.Grammatically Delicious Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08663962778288841986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411291015394462265.post-46784480491556596862009-03-23T13:29:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:29:00.000-07:00We tend to forget that some of these kids just don...We tend to forget that some of these kids just don't have the same intelligence as our own kids. Some of them are just plain limited and as much as it is politically uncorrect to say this, I will say it anyways, there is nothing we can do about it.Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.com