https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg Stage 2/ How to Code Your Thinking Using Padlet en-us 2017-08-17 10:33:07 UTC 2017-08-22 19:33:40 UTC hello@padlet.com rawitschp https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/181412277 "Schools are often too quick to label the latter children learning disabled or remedial." The CCSS are punitive in the way they promote the labeling of children as "above, on, or below" grade level. Children that are "below" grade level are removed from my room for 30 minutes a day for RtI so they can "catch up." Many of those children simply need more time to develop.]]> 2017-08-17 10:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/181412277 rawitschp https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/181413358 "...America as a whole, to this day, still devalues African Americans." The events from the past week prove that point. Shame on the POTUS. ]]> 2017-08-17 10:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/181413358 rawitschp https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/181413971 "Sadly, school resembles more and more a miniature adult world of packed schedules, multitasking, and exhaustion." This is why I started the Facebook group, "I believe in childhood." bit.ly/ibichildhood
Everyone is welcome to join us.]]> 2017-08-17 11:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/181413971 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182173184 I have found that many of my students in Sept. are restless, tire easily, and can only write for short periods of time. They would benefit from a half day of school during the first wee.]]> 2017-08-22 18:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182173184 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182174050 I agree that in the fall, many of the children are very verbal and they use more words than needed to convey an idea. This is not as challenging as the children who need more time to feel safe in the class before they share their ideas. The talkers can be good role models in the beginning of the year. ]]> 2017-08-22 18:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182174050 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182174626 Reversals of letters and numbers are very common in the beginning of the year. This is a frequent topic of discussion with parents in the fall. Most children will develop out of reversals.]]> 2017-08-22 18:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182174626 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182175181 "Need a good deal of physical activity..." This is so true for most of the school year. It's unrealistic for school districts to expect children to sit to read, write, and compute for long stretches of time. Young children are built to move!]]> 2017-08-22 18:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182175181 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182176399 "Need consistent rules and discipline..." should have further explanation. Ideally, the rules would come out of a class meeting and the consequences would not be punitive. Young children (read: everybody will) make mistakes. Discipline sounds too harsh. It might be more appropriate to say they need order and predictability.]]> 2017-08-22 19:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182176399 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182178882 "Need physical release through time to play outdoors." Some things never change. Policy makers need to let children be children. Play is fundamental to child development]]> 2017-08-22 19:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182178882 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182180180 "Listen well..." Due to longer focus on learning, increased understanding of other, and less physical fatigue. 30 years ago I realized that 1st grade learning would be so much easier for children if everyone was a year older. It's no surprise that there are countries where more formal literacy instruction begins at age 7 or 8.]]> 2017-08-22 19:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182180180 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182181655 "Better control of eyes and hands..." I gave up boardwork long ago when it became obvious that young children could not transfer information from a chalkboard to their paper. There's a developmental reason for that!]]> 2017-08-22 19:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182181655 https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182182368 "Prefer working and playing with peers of the same gender." I often wonder how much of this is from historical social/gender norms. I believe educators need to be careful not to promote gender stereotypes by spending more learning time on male leaders (Presidents, scientists, inventors, etc.), lining up children by boys and girls or by comparing class performance by gender.]]> 2017-08-22 19:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rawitschp/5mfmtm70d6yg/wish/182182368