I found this chapter very encouraging. What I got out of this is that going back to the basics and teaching with persistence, instead of trying something new all the time is what it takes for children to learn. It is important that we have very clear learning objectives and that we also make the objective clear to the student on what they need to be learning from a lesson. We need to make sure to model lessons for the students and give them time to have guided practice. We then need to assess what we wanted the child to learn from that lesson.
I find it very exciting that many of the things that are talked about in this book, are the same things they are teaching in my classes at Drury. I also thought it was so exciting when they talked about schools with children in poverty that have gone through these consistent teaching practices having such large growth.
I think this chapter would give a very strong argument for Jamie checking into the pilot for the basal reader. I can wait to see the results from that project.
-Holly Richner
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