| 1. | 3/6/2008 4:52:00 PM | The 3 Questions is a good way to improve student learning. The problem is: teachers know who does not understand or who needs more instruction in certain areas, but there isn’t time to go back to reteach those students. Especially in the area of math, the pacing is so fast and there are so many different skills that need to be taught, introduced, and worked on to the mastery level, that there are not enough days to get that information into the students’ heads (especially if they do not understand it the first time.) We keep testing them to make sure we know what they know, but we do not have the extra time to go back to reteach them if they do not understand a concept. Likewise, when students are sick, it is really hard to catch them up if they have fallen behind. If you take them out of a math class, they miss that day’s lesson and then are twice as far behind. It is somewhat easier to give students challenging work if they already understand the concepts because those types of students typically can work more independently. My concern at this point is not the higher level students, but the ones needing remediation that seem not to get the attention they need. |
| 2. | 3/6/2008 6:38:00 PM | Test, test, test!When do we have time to teach? |
| 3. | 3/6/2008 8:33:00 PM | I would love to have some of our professional development occur through grade level planning and sharing. |
| 4. | 3/6/2008 10:37:00 PM | I just don't want to keep feeling like we are assessing more than teaching. |
| 5. | 3/6/2008 10:51:00 PM | Giving us more TIME to align, analyze assessments, and create lessons that respond to the remediation and challenge our students need.... none of this can happen effetively without TIME. |