Has anyone figured out how to condense these lessons into less than 7? They're already so packed in with material that even with deleting certain sections from my lesson plan, I still find I don't have time to add more sections from the next period to condense. It was easier with last year's book, but this one is so tightly designed (which I guess is a sign of its thoroughness) I can't seem to fit anything in without losing my kids entirely. The chants suck but they seem to have some value so I am hesitant to drop them. Not to mention 7 is an awkward number. Anyone??
Quote from: weirdgirlinkorea on February 26, 2012, 05:39:13 pmHas anyone figured out how to condense these lessons into less than 7? They're already so packed in with material that even with deleting certain sections from my lesson plan, I still find I don't have time to add more sections from the next period to condense. It was easier with last year's book, but this one is so tightly designed (which I guess is a sign of its thoroughness) I can't seem to fit anything in without losing my kids entirely. The chants suck but they seem to have some value so I am hesitant to drop them. Not to mention 7 is an awkward number. Anyone??My co-teacher and I just discussed that. Originally, I thought combining Periods 1 & 2 would be good, but we decided to take both periods slowly and introduce it thoroughly. We're going to teach all our 3rd & 4th Periods together since they are the easiest. Periods 5 & 6 seem like they have the most content and the most ability to expand, so we're going to just squeeze the Check Up (Period 7) into the end of Period 6. In review, we'll do Class 1: Period 1Class 2: Period 2Class 3: Periods 3 & 4Class 4: Period 5Class 5: Periods 6 & 7 with the lion's share devoted to 6I doubt this is ideal, but we couldn't see any better solution. If students can't do the Check Up very quickly by the end of Class 5, it's unlikely they'll learn it without some major personal attention.