First, have you tried talking to others in your department or
someone at the district level? In both districts I have
worked, there have been common Spanish finals and we were
instructed to reach a certain chapter in the textbook in a
certain amount of time. Once I learned the time frame I was
working with, I would go back and see how many weeks I would
have per unit of study (i.e., chapter). That's how I've done
it. For instance, for the last three chapters I'm teaching
this fall semester, I only have 2 weeks per chapter (instead
of the normal 2½ to 3 weeks). It's a tight squeeze, but I
have to be realistic about my teaching deadlines.
On 11/07/09, Srta F wrote:
> This is my first year teaching, and I am having a really
> hard time with my pacing of lessons. I'm not sure how many
> days/classes to spend on a topic before moving on or
> assessing. I am on an A/B block schedule, so I only see my
> class(es) every other day for a longer period of time
> (70min).
>
> So, for example, we've been working on descriptive
> adjectives. I've spent one week so far on this subject (two
> class periods. So how much longer should I be working on
> adjectives? One more week? Longer?
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