Belonging in the classroom
Friday, June 27th, 2008
The students in my summer school classes all failed sophomore English. It’s an interesting dynamic to have 46 kids in one classroom (with 36 desks) who all got “left behind.” The class periods are 2 and 1/2 hours long, and 17 of the students in my first block are also in my second block, which only has 38 students.
We started the week with the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and with the attached article by Richard Sagor entitled, “Lessons from Skateboarders.” (more…)