Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

03.23.15 When a Pre-Call Killed the Mojo- And What to do About it

Recently, our team sat down together to watch footage of a first rate elementary teacher leading a math lesson with her second grade scholars. We observed a lot of great things–and one very unexpected outcome.  Joaquin Hernandez and Colleen Driggs describe it in this guest post: After giving students a few minutes to solve a word problem,…


07.29.13 Tip of the Day: Turn and Task

Over at Taxonomy Towers we’ve been working on some materials on Turn and Talks, the oft-used classroom method where a teacher asks students to talk through an idea in pairs.  Our materials–coming soon to a workshop near you, not to mention the revised Teach Like a Champion (ie “TLAC 2.0”) which I’m hoping will be out…