This week I spent four days with a group of eighth graders in an urban school, substitute teaching for various members of their teaching team. The first two days I stood in for the social studies teacher. Then I stood in for a math teacher. Finally, I played reading teacher. To say the experience was […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Miss, I don’t understand this…
The other day, I taught an eighth grade math class as a guest teacher (or substitute teacher, if you prefer that term). Ninety percent of the students in the class spoke a language other than English, so a paraeducator was in the class with us. Their assignment for the day was to complete a pre-test […]