There were too many challenges to count during the emergency virtual instruction period. Some issues were a factor of time, some were a factor of money, and some were not easily defined. The question I was asked most often by
Math Vocabulary
Time. The stand alone vocabulary lesson is a waste of precious time that your students need to explore new ideas. Why have students reading and writing -or listening and writing- or cutting and glueing and writing about new ideas not
Is your Number of the Day routine strictly procedural?
Don’t get me wrong. We all know students benefit from some spiraling of grade level skills. But if you aren’t using NOTD time to present your students with gradually scaffolded skill practice that is embedded with reasoning and concept development then you