Blog Post #4
Julie Brown
Teach with a Sense of Urgency
I feel my blog post this month will be somewhat scattered as
there are numerous things going through my mind as finish this chapter. I love the definition of teaching with a
sense of urgency. At first this word “urgency”
brings about a connotation of being frenzied and harried……..however, her
definition is so enlightening. It is
what we all should be doing. “…making
every moment in the classroom count, ensuring instruction engages students and
moves them ahead, and using daily evaluation and reflection….” Who could ever argue that this is where we
all need to be?
The teaching model of demonstration, shared demonstration,
guided practice and independent practice is great as well. The remainder of the chapter discusses this
teaching model and how to incorporate it into our classrooms. So many times I think we skip one or more of
these steps in an effort to “save” time.
Using each of these in our teaching will add so much more depth to our
lessons and content. I love seeing this
in practice. I feel like the older
students get the less we rely on all these steps. We need to use techniques that work across
the disciplines and grade levels!
I love this teaching model, too, and it is so important. If you think about it, we use this type of education in so many ways . . . teaching our children how to eat with a fork and spoon, drink out of a cup, drive a car, etc. etc. As teachers, we go through this method as we become more independent as a teacher. Why wouldn't we use it in an elementary classroom. By slowly releasing control over knowledge, it allows students to become more and more independent and confident in their abilities. Definitely something to think about as we create units - scaffolding! :)
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