Posted by Chip on November 6, 2009
Elementary school teachers using Responsive Classroom® practices take time at the beginning of the school year to have students identify their learning “hopes and dreams” for the academic year ahead. Many combine this activity with asking parents to identify one or two hopes and dreams that they have for their children in school.
The first parent—teacher [...]
Categories: Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, The School Year |
Tags: parent-teacher conferences, Responsive Classroom practices, setting learning goals | 
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Posted by Chip on December 17, 2008
Teach Our Children Well: Essential Strategies for the Urban Classroom, by Helen Maniates and Betty Doerr with Margaret Goldman (Heinemann 2001) is a wonderful rediscovered treasure sent my way recently–one that’s well worth spending a few hours with over the holidays. I guarantee you’ll come away with at least half a dozen sparkling new ideas [...]
Categories: Books, Holidays and Traditions, The Responsive Classroom® approach |
Tags: Responsive Classroom approach, Responsive Classroom practices, teaching strategies | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on March 11, 2008
This week our whole school is reading Horton Hears A Who ( as I’m sure many of you are too) in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday month and “Read-Across-America” and the release of the new animated feature film by the same name, which our small school will attend en masse on Friday – phew!
Our discussions [...]
Categories: Books, Building Community, Schoolwide Initiatives |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, Dr. Seuss, favorite books for children, favorite children's books, Horton Hears a Who, Loser, Read Across America, Responsive Classroom approach, Responsive Classroom practices, teasing | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on December 4, 2007
With all the emphasis on No Child Left Behind from an academic point of view, the educational, social, emotional and physical benefits of good-old-fashioned recess are being compromised as time for outdoor play is shortened or eliminated all together in some elementary schools. In the process, childhood itself gets left behind.
True, more children today need [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Importance of Play |
Tags: importance of play, importance of recess, National Recess Week, recess, Recess Rules, Responsive Classroom approach, Responsive Classroom practices, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Post a Comment »
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