Do We Want Students To Be On Pace or Actually Learning?

Toni Rose is joined by Drea Siford to talk about her approach to teaching 4th grade using the MCP model.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog.

Show Notes

• Zearn

• Eureka Math

• Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers podcast, and the episode with Kareem:

  • 3 practices to give you more one-on-one time with students

• Email Drea at amsiford@bcps.k12.md.us

• Drea's game board

Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week

• Have you always wanted a community to read books with? We are hosting a book club with ScreenPal and Kami. The community is reading UDL & Blended Learning by Katie Novak and Catlin Tucker and we are on our fourth session together. Dr. Catlin Tucker will be answering questions. Get your must-do reading pages for our fourth session on Thursday, November 7, 7pm ET. Register here. 

• We’re attending GaETC in Atlanta, GA from November 6-8. Toni Rose will be leading two sessions on Finding Your Rhythm: Building Authentic Relationships through Self-Pacing on Nov. 6 at 4:30 pm and Rock the Remix: Making Blended Learning Inclusive & Dispelling the Fiction on Nov. 7 at 3:15pm. Hope to see some of you there!

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