We’ve just finished watching Allison Dungey’s lesson from Achievement First. She and her kids do a great job discussing Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars and there’s lots to learn about getting the most out of discussions online from watching the clip. Jasmine Lane put together these notes on some of the things we liked: It’s helpful…
Lately I’ve been posting some excerpts from Reading Reconsidered here on Field Notes. Today I’m posting a section from Chapter 2, which is about Close Reading. The segment I’ve chosen deals with the idea of Establishing Meaning–making sure that students understand the full text and its nuances before you jump fully in to analysis. Colleen, Erica…
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending an hour or so with Daisy Christodoulou. She was stateside for a conference and had taken the train from New York to spend the morning watching and discussing video of teachers with me and my team. We had a little time between train and meeting and…