Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

01.05.17 Final Thoughts on Fist Bumps and Relationships

  If you are a regular visitor to this blog, you probably read my colleague Dan Cotton‘s series of outstanding posts over the course of this past year on the topic of building relationships with students. Dan’s reflections began with a fist bump–or more precisely with a reflection on the guidance we’d heard teachers given to use…