Week 6: Chapter 3 Reading

Three important ideas/things from the lesson today are to remember to not only model the instruction but to explain how you got to that conclusion or how you decided to use that strategy, give students the opportunity for independent work by bridging (or how I look at it, slowly weening them off of relying on the teacher), and knowing that practice only makes perfect if they are practicing it the correct way every time and they are getting meaningful instruction from it, but the most important thing I learned today is to give the students an opportunity to talk. This talk can be with the whole class during whole class instruction, with each other during small group instruction, with the teacher during one on one time, or with themselves during a think aloud. As long as they are given the opportunity to discuss what they have learned, discuss their concerns, or ask questions it will help them better understand the material which is what giving great instruction is all about.