KML Curriculum and Instruction Blog

“When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, physicist, biologist, and artist “As Samuel Johnson purportedly wrote, “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” ― Adam M. Grant, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success I've been listening to  Give  And Take  while I take my dog for walks and am driving.  In the book Adam Grant explains the three different types of how we interact with others and shows you why being a giver is, contrary to popular belief, the best way to success in business and life.  In one chapter he explains that givers are often more successful as lawyers and salespeople because rather than pushing their ideas on others they lead with empathy and pose questions to better understand the situation and let others draw their own conclusio...

KML Family, Jay McTighe, one of the authors of  Understanding by Design , shares the following ideas for planning great lessons: "Focus on the larger ideas and processes, teach them in ways that kids understand them, and give them lots of practice applying their learning."  Jay McTighe from the  Backwards Podcast .   STUDENT CHOICE AND VOICE One way to engage more students is give students more control of their learning.  You can find some ways to do that in this article: " 10 Ways To Give Students More Control Of Their Education " EXIT TICKET IDEAS Here are a wide variety of options that you might give students to consolidate their learning at the end of a lesson or unit. Saved to serve, Matt