Today, I took advantage of a rare day of light classes and meetings to work with a fellow colleague (co-conspirator?) to develop poetry units for a couple of grade levels. Sure, we knew we needed to use the Common Core Standards as the basis for content…  | Lainie Levin March 7 | Today, I took advantage of a rare day of light classes and meetings to work with a fellow colleague (co-conspirator?) to develop poetry units for a couple of grade levels. Sure, we knew we needed to use the Common Core Standards as the basis for content, but c'mon. It's POETRY. We want our units centered around these ideas:
- it's FUN to play with language!
- poetry is meant to be read aloud
- we can build literary analysis through meaningful responses and feedback to one another Short list, tall order. Boy, was I grateful I had my fellow colleague (partner-in-crime?) along for the ride. I'm the Google-Earth-big-picture-pie-in-the-sky-big-dreams planner, and she is the nuts-and-bolts-how-is-this-going-to-work-and-does-it-do-what-it-needs-to-do planner. Together, we settled ourselves in to work out our approach to planning. I think we might be on to something kids will enjoy learning, and teachers might enjoy teaching. I guess you could say my fellow colleague (aider and abettor?) found our rhythm (rhyme, simile, metaphor...). Funny thing our work today comes hot on the heels of me talking about how powerful collaboration is for my students. Go figure that the universe is out there doing her thing, reminding me yet again to live how I teach... | | | |  | You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. | | | | |
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