tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post422050544800814591..comments2023-06-02T11:54:55.764-04:00Comments on White Coral Bells: News from 2nd Grade, Week 2. Tales of Art Class and Being Late.Faerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17656231272399787961noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-37359521919934076052008-02-17T23:00:00.000-05:002008-02-17T23:00:00.000-05:00Happy to help!It's one I file under 'things learne...Happy to help!<BR/><BR/>It's one I file under 'things learned the hard way.' Using this visualization technique has enabled me to spot an activity that definitely won't work from a mile off.<BR/><BR/>It works best when you know your students, or at least the type of students you are likely to have. But even if you don't, you can still imagine how much teacher activity there is likely to be, and what will be necessary in various cases, and in which cases you might have to abandon/simplify/extend it.Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-11939354996329760672008-02-17T13:21:00.000-05:002008-02-17T13:21:00.000-05:00You give wonderful advice! I've always tried to ge...You give wonderful advice! I've always tried to get my lessons to work from the "ok, does it look good on paper?" standpoint, probably because I didn't have to teach them during my first 3 years- just write them. I tried your method with a science lesson, and it worked much better!Faerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656231272399787961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-65600100068462654052008-02-13T12:48:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:48:00.000-05:00Oh, and regarding the kid who spent so much time d...Oh, and regarding the kid who spent so much time drawing a perfect oval: I've had students like that. I learned the hard way that if I give a lesson that includes drawing a picture, I have to include a very strict time limit, otherwise there is no time left to talk about it. <BR/><BR/>The first time I ever tried this I did it with a class of architecture students, which was a big mistake. I assumed they would be good at drawing, and I was right. I wasn't prepared for what happened, though. They were all perfectionists, and competitive about it. The 90-minute English language lesson ended up being 80 minutes of finicky drawing and comparing and erasubg abd redrawing, and 10 minutes of talking about the pictures. It was supposed to be the other way around.Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478036.post-89348487238364911492008-02-13T12:41:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:41:00.000-05:00I find that the best way to remember lesson plans ...I find that the best way to remember lesson plans (when I actually have them) is to imagine my way through them while I am making them. By that I mean actually imagine being in front of the class, and how the class reacts (imagine them reacting badly, so you'll know what to do if that happens), and step by step how it will go.<BR/><BR/>Of course it almost never actually works the way you imagine it, but at least you remember how it was SUPPOSED to go!<BR/><BR/>(But this has also helped me to spot lesson plans that won't work at all. Some ideas are great in theory but just won't work in practice.)Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.com