A good day…but why?
I did a chalk-and-talk lesson today, and I didn’t feel like it was anything special, but at the end one of the students and both teachers in the room told me it was one of my best lessons yet. I need to think about why that might be the case, but it appears that “flow” in a lesson is very important. If you have considered the transitions between topics carefully, it will be easier to follow the lesson as a whole.
February 17th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
No doubt that flow is important. It is a key ingredient to keeping kids interested.
February 19th, 2006 at 6:19 am
Sounds to me like 1. well considered lesson transitions leads to 2. lack of digression, lack of topic wandering which means 3. you cover more of the topic and hit all the high points you intended to when you walked in the room which means 4. students walk away having learned more, in less time which means 5. their little brains are reeling, stuffed with knowledge, from your domain, and you have done your job well. You rock Mike.