Friday, October 8, 2010
October is Here
I am really looking forward to having a break so that I can catch up on all of my grading and planning for class. Work again is starting to pile up now that my graduate class at Saint Mary's is back in full swing. With the Twins in the playoffs now it has been a real struggle to stay motivated with school work and grad work. I am finding that the implementation of SIOP objectives is allowing me to organize my classes much better than I use to. Students have also expressed gratitude for the expectations and notes to be listed at the beginning of class. Homecoming week is upon us and keeping the students has been challenging, but the objectives piece has allowed us to keep focus. Managing my time in and out of the classroom continues to be my biggest challenge and I am glad that I have found strategies and resources to help me achieve my goals in a timely manner.
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What kinds of strategies and resources?! After 18 years I *still* struggle with achieving that balance!
ReplyDeleteI am really finding that using the objectives at the beginning of class to focus students and then integrating them into our activities as check-ins is a pretty effective strategy for formative assessment (I know where they're at and they know what they need to work on). Who knew it could be so easy? :)