Submitted by Michelle Rossi, Stockton, CA (not verified) on March 26, 2008 - 17:39.
Reading the article and the thoughts of others, I too agree that time needs to be better utilized. However, I do see this as a challenge for most teachers. There are many things that seem to effect the schedule or classroom activities. One of them is the incredible amount of testing. This is just one example but I find that my planning needs to be flexible because there are going to be interruptions. Even still, I think I do need to work on time in transitions. This seems to be a problem for me because my students do not want to change subjects until they finish the one they are working on. I guess you could say they are engaged but when we have to move onto another subject and clean up, this takes up a lot of time. I have tried music and timed transitions, and I would say, they are taking atleast 5-7 minutes to clean up and prepare for the next lesson. This time adds up through out the year and I really want to cut it down to 2 minutes. I will continue to look at ways of doing this. Any ideas would be helpful.
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Submitted by Michelle Rossi, Stockton, CA (not verified) on March 26, 2008 - 17:39.
Reading the article and the thoughts of others, I too agree that time needs to be better utilized. However, I do see this as a challenge for most teachers. There are many things that seem to effect the schedule or classroom activities. One of them is the incredible amount of testing. This is just one example but I find that my planning needs to be flexible because there are going to be interruptions. Even still, I think I do need to work on time in transitions. This seems to be a problem for me because my students do not want to change subjects until they finish the one they are working on. I guess you could say they are engaged but when we have to move onto another subject and clean up, this takes up a lot of time. I have tried music and timed transitions, and I would say, they are taking atleast 5-7 minutes to clean up and prepare for the next lesson. This time adds up through out the year and I really want to cut it down to 2 minutes. I will continue to look at ways of doing this. Any ideas would be helpful.