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Re: My class period seems short at 45 min!
Posted by dm on 10/09/08
Gosh, after reading the posts replying to this, I should
thank my lucky stars for 46 minutes!
I've started something new over the last 3 days so we'll see
if it works. So far so good.
When students walk in, I have the first student pick up all
the papers from yesterday's assignment. We immediately
start on the next day's lesson. That takes around 15
minutes. Then I have them write a number on their paper on
a scale of 1 to 10 to determine where they're at. Then I
might do another example if needed. Once they're starting
on their new assignment, I chug through the papers quick as
quick can be. By the time I finish correcting, they're
getting to the tougher problems where they need more
guidance. The last five minutes I hand back the work and
guide them on what went wrong on yesterday's assignment.
Then end of class.
On one hand, I like grading after notes because it cuts out
repeated and unnecessary questions. But I don't like it
because we switch gears at the end of class. Like I said...
3 days into it, we'll see.
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?
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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