We discussed several essentials from most of the 10 chapters in the book. Even that may seem overwhelming. It's important to keep this book at hand and commit to skimming through one chapter each week and trying to apply just one good idea. That's the way to ownership of the habits of mind that lead to effective teaching and learning.
Chap 1 - We want our students confident that we want to get to know them
we know our subject matter
we are well prepared p. 1
The focus should be on "leading" students rather than "managing" students p. 1
Begin With The End in Mind p. 5
Chap 2 - Teachers are responsible for the success of others from day 1 by communicating clear expectations
and procedures to create a solid foundation for success
- Try Weekly Reflections - Self assessments p. 19
- Deal with students' "unmet expectations" Do's and Don't's p. 32-34
Chap 3 - Frame the Learning - Students must know the standard, essential question, today's learning goal, how
we're going to get there, and how we'll know/measure progress today
- Framing the Learning also means getting in touch with what they already know so they link the new to
the old (raise to the surface prior learning; recall yesterday's learning) and surfacing misconceptions
and naive understandings
Chap 4 - How To Make Learning Active Pick from the Strategies List on pp. 66 & 67
Think-Pair-Share p. 98
Ticket-to-Leave p. 104
Chap 5 - We're All Reading Teachers Reading to students, pausing to let them connect, picture it,
predict what might come next. Your occasional reading is a model of how to do it. If you pause to "Think
Aloud," they hear how an expert thinks when reading text. You make what's normally "invisible," visible audible. p. 134 Other times have them share the reading load with a partner practice their own 'think alouds' ;
and at other times have them practice by themselves.
Graphic Organizers Work The Frayer Model or a Wordsplash p. 125
Chap 6 - Check 4 Understanding Try Whiteboards or Communicators p. 146
A Good Self-Assess Rubric Check out p. 157
How Is Teacher Doing With Assessments Check Your Own progress on p. 167
Chap 7 - Enduring Understandings Check pp 176 to 180
- Essential Questions Check pp 181 to 183
- Read This As I Plan Lessons Check pp 184-185 & 191-192
Chap 8 - Take The Initiative; This Is Your Job and It's Professional Hard Work p 198
- Dealing With Paper Work / use a System pp 207 to 212
- Students Can Function & Lean If You Plan for the Substitute pp. 217 & 218
Chap 9 - Organize The Learning "Three Before Me" Procedure p. 240
- Color-coded Crates p. 241
- Talking Tokens p. 256 (model this procedure for small group talk)
Chap 10 Working With Parents Make Early Positive Contact
- Focus on the learning with parents
- Encourage & Expect parent Involvement
- Differentiate for parents' styles and abilities
- Be prepared, positive, and professional
This book is like a candy store. You want to do everything in it, to absorb every good piece of advice ... and you just can't take it all in. So, like a candy store, it should be sampled slowly. I feel like this book will be sitting by my teacher desk, and I'll look at it at the end of each day, just a page or two, and reflect how to add the practices to my teaching.
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