If you’ve ever been to a museum, you may have noticed that items on display are organized in specific ways. Displays, by design, pique interest, evoke emotion, or urge action unique to each individual’s experiences. The way items are grouped together, the exhibit label, the
A clipboard or tablet, watchful eyes, and listening ears. That’s all it takes to be an effective kidwatcher. Yetta Goodman, who coined the term in the 1980’s, helped educators think about the valuable data they can collect just by listening in to student conversations and by hosting one-to-one
Often, we combat time constraints by teaching more to the whole class, while interacting less through small groups or one-to-one. Yet doing so creates more teaching-to-the-middle and less individualization. So how do we move toward more individualized learning opportunities within our time constraints? Small-group reading experiences!