Tag: reading
Change – for better or worse?
“Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it.” – Anon I have often heard it said that as a group, teachers resist change more than anyone. Maybe we simply dislike or mistrust change so readily, that it’s easier to stay comfortable. Perhaps this is the reason why many of us resist the lure […]
Team work
I have always promoted team work in my classroom, sometimes I will put my students into groups, at other times I will let them choose. Of course some groups will work better than others, some achieve much, some nothing at all. A few are content to sit back and let others take over, while others try to dominate, to boss, […]
Technology Free Hour
Its week 5 already and in my household the routine of term time is well and truly up and running. Up early, lunch boxes and school bags packed, in the car off to the station, drop the boys, off to work to be followed by homework, basketball training, basketball games, guitar and musical rehearsals. Finally […]
Homework Hassles
I have just finished a round of parent-teacher interviews and overwhelmingly they were positive. I was genuinely able to tell the majority of my parents how happy I was with the progress of their child and the parent was able to tell me how happy their child is in my class. We all agreed that […]