Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

07.24.15 Hunting versus Fishing

Had a great day Monday talking Check for Understanding with school leaders at RELAY GSE’s National Principal’s Academy.  We were talking about observing carefully during student independent work, and particularly the topics of Standardize the Format and Tracking Not Watching–techniques 3 and 4 in TLaC 2.0. If you combine these with Everybody Writes (technique 37) and…