In the Classroom: Monitoring Mini-Lesson

Amazingly I see this applicable to my Grade 11 class as they read short stories, novels, and historical text.
What a gift to see this modelled.

Tracy-thanks so much for you kind comment. I completely agree-this lesson can and should be done in every classroom. That’s the wonderful thing about teaching/sharing strategy lessons-they are intended to teach the reader to read, think, and act differently rather than “get thru” a particular book or assignment. This way, the conversations cut across grade and content level. I hope that more teachers can see the lesson in this way-thanks again for your comment!

Wow! It is one thing to go to a PD workshop, be given a bunch of handouts, and be told, “Teach it like this…” and quite another to actually see the teaching in action. I know that most teachers try faithfully to change and use the “new” best practices, but to practice without understanding (just like the students when given lots of repetition without concept work first) sometimes results in more harm than good. Thank you for increasing our understanding!

It was so cool to watch you teach this lesson. I think we don’t observe other teachers enough to learn new ways or fine tune what we do in our own classrooms. I will be passing this video along. Thanks for this!

Melching and Pat,
I , too experienced being “told” how to teach, but rarely was shown what that conversation with students would look, sound, and feel like. I hate being videotaped, as do many teachers, but I hope that these lessons help crystallize the conversation with an explicit model. I encourage all teachers to consider video taping themselves and using these tapes with one another to reflect on how we are teaching rather than what we are teaching. The conversations are transformative!

What a wonderful lesson! I loved how you modeled your thinking. The students also had a lot to say to one another during the pair share.
I would love to see more lessons!

The students response and reaction is the best part of the lessons. That is when I learn the most-it guides my teaching so clearly. I am so glad the lessons are helpful-I am thinking about making it a weekly part of the conversation. I know it helps me when I can see a model of what instruction looks like. Thanks for the feedback. Here’s another lesson on Schema and Making Connections: http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/09/the-learning-br.html

This was such a great lesson that I recommended it in my blog post! Thanks for sharing this! http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2008/10/useful-information-in-and-out-of_31.html

Pat-you are a teacher leader! Thank you so much for passing the conversation on to your teachers and readers. I know when teachers see the work in action, they leaves saying”I can so do this!”…or at least that is what I make them say!

Seriously, I appreciate so much what you are doing, and I am so thrilled that the videos are being used in this way. Maybe, I can start a video sharing trend-when are you posting your next lesson??? (hint,hint)

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