Thinking Inside the Block Schedule

Strategies for Teaching in Extended Periods of Time
Thinking Inside the Block Schedule
April 2000 | 224 pages | Corwin
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ISBN: 9780803967823
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This book is full of practical, instructional strategies to help foster high levels of student achievement in the block schedule. It contains strategies for differentiation, powerful brain-based teaching techniques, creative approaches to productively organizing extended periods of time, and proactive classroom management tips. It adds to the repertoire every teacher needs to assure no child is left behind in the teaching-learning process.

Contents

Making the Right Choices

  • Which Play Is Appropriate Considering the Audience, Schoolhouse and Resources?

Preproduction Considerations

Preproduction Considerations

Back Drop, Scenery, Ambiance

  • Creating the Climate

Organizing the Script

  • Designing the Curriculum

Writing the Script

  • Lesson Planning

The Opening Scene

  • Generating and Sustaining Attention

Developing the Plot

  • Selecting Instructional Strategies

The Plot Thickens

  • Active Learning and Deeper Understanding

Technical Staging

  • Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Bringing the Curtain Down

  • Closing the Lesson and Homework Techniques

Where Is My Place Onstage?

  • Planning for Differentiated Learning in the Block

Stage Management

  • Classroom Management Strategies

Critic's Choice

  • Understanding and Assessment

Taking the Show on the Road

  • Suggestions for Practice and Learning from the Field

Description

This book is full of practical, instructional strategies to help foster high levels of student achievement in the block schedule. It contains strategies for differentiation, powerful brain-based teaching techniques, creative approaches to productively organizing extended periods of time, and proactive classroom management tips. It adds to the repertoire every teacher needs to assure no child is left behind in the teaching-learning process.

Contents

Making the Right Choices

  • Which Play Is Appropriate Considering the Audience, Schoolhouse and Resources?

Preproduction Considerations

Preproduction Considerations

Back Drop, Scenery, Ambiance

  • Creating the Climate

Organizing the Script

  • Designing the Curriculum

Writing the Script

  • Lesson Planning

The Opening Scene

  • Generating and Sustaining Attention

Developing the Plot

  • Selecting Instructional Strategies

The Plot Thickens

  • Active Learning and Deeper Understanding

Technical Staging

  • Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Bringing the Curtain Down

  • Closing the Lesson and Homework Techniques

Where Is My Place Onstage?

  • Planning for Differentiated Learning in the Block

Stage Management

  • Classroom Management Strategies

Critic's Choice

  • Understanding and Assessment

Taking the Show on the Road

  • Suggestions for Practice and Learning from the Field
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Thinking Inside the Block Schedule

Strategies for Teaching in Extended Periods of Time


April 2000 | 224 pages | Corwin

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Hardcover 27/02/2023 9780803967823 $94.95
Paperback 27/02/2023 9780803967830 $42.95

This book is full of practical, instructional strategies to help foster high levels of student achievement in the block schedule. It contains strategies for differentiation, powerful brain-based teaching techniques, creative approaches to productively organizing extended periods of time, and proactive classroom management tips. It adds to the repertoire every teacher needs to assure no child is left behind in the teaching-learning process.

Table Of Contents:

  • Making the Right Choices
  • Which Play Is Appropriate Considering the Audience, Schoolhouse and Resources?
  • Preproduction Considerations
  • Back Drop, Scenery, Ambiance
  • Creating the Climate
  • Organizing the Script
  • Designing the Curriculum
  • Writing the Script
  • Lesson Planning
  • The Opening Scene
  • Generating and Sustaining Attention
  • Developing the Plot
  • Selecting Instructional Strategies
  • The Plot Thickens
  • Active Learning and Deeper Understanding
  • Technical Staging
  • Using Technology to Enhance Learning
  • Bringing the Curtain Down
  • Closing the Lesson and Homework Techniques
  • Where Is My Place Onstage?
  • Planning for Differentiated Learning in the Block
  • Stage Management
  • Classroom Management Strategies
  • Critic's Choice
  • Understanding and Assessment
  • Taking the Show on the Road
  • Suggestions for Practice and Learning from the Field

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