Best Practices Blog

From the beginning it seemed that this teacher had the right idea. She knew that she had to make learning science fun for her students. However, this can not be the sole purpose of the class because then the focus becomes more on the fun and less on science. However when she was put into an EL she found that there could be a balance of fun and learning the content. The EL class gave her the tools to be able to make the concepts fun and engaging while still getting the information out there. These strategies are not simple and they require a great deal of planning and monitoring but the allow for a much deeper understanding of the content. In order to do this the teacher is going to need a great knowledge of her content and is going to have to pose tasks that really engage the minds of her students while also being fun. This type of teacher has a lot of work but her results will more than likely be the best because the knowledge her students gain will be knowledge that will stick.