Thursday, November 4, 2010
"How to Stay Caught Up With the Curriculum"
An article on Edutopia is a great look into the one thing that stresses most of us teachers out! The battle between keeping up with the curriculum and actually teaching our kids and making sure they are learning. The fact is that most kids don't learn according to a pacing guide. Some learn faster and some learn slower. One of the biggest problems I have is that we have way too much bredth and no depth to curriculum anymore and this article gives some good advice on how to handle this pressure. It also does a good job of warning against believing you are a good teacher just because you are farther ahead in the curriculum. The real question should not be how far are you? It should be how much have your students learned?
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I really liked this article as well. I think it made a lot of good points including the need to respond to students needs rather than try to race through a pacing guide.
ReplyDeleteI blogged about the same article. I think that we really need to be in tune with our kids and understand where they are at. Some kids will get a certain concept sooner than others and we need to adjust accordingly.
ReplyDeleteIs there anyway you could post the link? I would love to read this (I could google it:) I agree there is way too much teachers need to cover in such a short amount of time. If anything I am behind in my curriculum because I want to make sure the kids are getting it, but even slowing down doesn't mean I have 100% proficiency in my classes. Plus you have those kids that are much faster learners then others and this makes teaching even more difficult! ARGHHH!
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