A few years ago, I read the book, Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot and Cold Climate Cultures, by Sarah Lanier, in preparation for a trip to Kenya to visit some middle and elementary schools there.
Have you found that your class discussions have you speaking much more than the students?
When our school shifted to remote instruction last March, I wanted my middle school students to interact with each other as much as possible, despite being isolated in their homes.
One of the reasons I became a teacher is because of my own experience as a child. Teachers were so much more than distributors of math, science, and language arts content.
It all started when a bright young freshman in my geometry class asked me “Why don’t freshmen get some sort of bonus for being in a sophomore level class?”
Using a new program is always scary, especially if you have been teaching for a while and are pretty much set in your ways of what and how to teach.
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