On textbook themes

Judith DuboisonNovember 14, 2015/0 comments

“Wow! Today we had a terrific lesson about colors/food/clothing/the weather!” said no kid ever.

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alas simple messages are much easier to sell, but often wrong. "I think you'll find it's more complicated than that" can be added to so many simple ideas! The KISS principle does not always work!https://twitter.com/graemelyons/status/1230038124883042304 …
February 19, 2020
If Charles Dickens missed a day of writing, "he needed a week of hard slog to get back into the flow" (Hughes, in Plimpton, 1999, p. 247). Plimpton, G. (1999). The writer's chapbook. New York: Modern Library.
February 20, 2020
Years ago, a NY teacher, asked what books she was having her students read, replied, "We haven't been doing ANY reading since we started preparing them for the reading test." It's the same for other activities: Prep for any test undermines real learning:https://is.gd/qBwiMW
February 19, 2020