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Monday, May 17, 2010

After reading over the 90 strategies that effective teachers use which one did you choose to implement in your classroom next year and why did you choose it?

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  2. I really enjoyed reading the effective strategies because I reflected on many of them that I have used before and it opened my eyes to ones that I have never implemented. One strategy that I plan to execute in my classroom next year, is the student self-evaluation. I think this is a highly effective strategy to use with students because it allows students to check their own progress on specific skills. It is important for students to be held accountable for their own progress and to know how they are advancing. Another strategy that I will implement is giving students a rubric aligned with the objective and the skills that were taught so that students can grade their own papers. This type of self-evaluation will let students know exactly what they are being graded on and which areas require improvement. All of the strategies listed are amazing ways to strengthen rigor and I am excited to implement them in my classroom! :-)

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  3. One strategy I'm going to try to implement in my classroom is "peer-to-peer support"! Sometimes I want to do this but didn't really know how to. After reading about these effective strategies I have a better understanding of how to use "peer-to-peer support" in my classroom. I feel this strategy is sometimes left out in the music classroom even though it is one of the most important strategies to me. Students helping students is one of the greatest ways for students to learn. They hear it from the students and the teacher (double exposure)!

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