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Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!
Posted by Zhel on 10/09/08
On 10/08/08, RS wrote:
> Hello
>
> I teach middle school math. Our periods are 45 min long. I
> was curious how long everyone else is working with. Some
> days I am really moving the class along, yet other days it
> seems rather tight! The students have 7 periods during the
> day plus a short study hall before departing.
>
> Each class period I use 15 min blocks of time. The first
> 15 min we correct last night's hw and make any necessary
> corrections. Then, I teach the next lesson and answer
> questions for 15 min. The last 15 min I try to reserve as
> work time for the students(either making corrections from
> last night's hw or starting the next lesson. This last 15
> min block I walk around the room and try to answer
> indivual ques the students might have been shy about
> asking.
>
> I was just curious how long everyone else to work with?
Our periods are 45 minutes but math and language arts have
two back-to-back periods on at least one day per week. It is
necessary in case of large benchmark tests that take two
class periods (in that case kids work through the passing
period in between but are let out earlier). I think foreign
language and shop (and maybe art) also have one "block" each
week. The other subjects always have single 45 minute
periods. I have just two periods each week (90 minutes
total), so if I had a block I wouldn't see the kids until
next week. (I wonder if I would like three 30-minute periods
better? hmmm...)
Posts on this thread, including this one
- My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/08/08, by RS.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by wig.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by Rebecca.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by Julia.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by Ms. Math.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by Zhel.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by mrsd.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/09/08, by dm.
- Re: Thanks for the feedback!, 10/09/08, by RS.
- Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!, 10/10/08, by Carolyn.
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