Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.29.13 On Abuelita and the Perils of “Rounding Up”

Screening video with the team at Taxonomy Towers this morning.   We watched a second year teacher at work with her 6th grade reading students.  She’s a strong teacher whose classroom is productive and pretty rigorous… she asked them to write for sustained periods on demanding, rigorous and text based writing prompts about a very good and…


12.28.12 Draft Rigor Checklist

Rigor is a word we use a lot—we know our lessons need it, but sometimes it’s hard to define… doubly so if you’re new to the profession. We were working with some friends at TNTP last month, super smart folks supporting teachers in cities across the country. We came up with the idea of developing a…