Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

09.29.14 Notes on Circulating: Break the Plane and Engage When You Circulate

Two short segments from TLaC 2.0 on Circulating: Break the Plane The “plane” of your classroom is the imaginary line that runs the length of the room, parallel to and about five feet in front of the board, usually about where the first student desks start.Many teachers are hesitant or slow to “break the plane”—to move…