Yesterday I had a drop in or walk through evaluation. Weird things. I was told to not have my desks in rows ans that I should do jigsaw activities everyday. Not sure how I feel about that, but kids get bored with the same activity everyday, even jigsaws. The thing of it is, every kid was on task and engaged when he walked in. Only one kid tried to "entertain" the others through his reading, but still accomplished the task. We do move our desks around as well, but with 32 desks in my rooms, rows work better for traffic flow on a regular basis. Thoughts? What other patterns work well for everyday use?
Today is our first early out to work on curriculum. Our department has a planned map as to what we need to work on for the next few years to be compliant with the Common Core State Standards. However, we are told we cannot work alone or in our own rooms so we have a computer. Yet we need a typed documents proving our progress by the end of the day. How should we accomplish this if not given opportunity or tools? Thoughts to ponder...
