Linda Burrell Blog #4: Routman Chapter 4

"Teach with a Sense of Urgency"!!!?? "Gotta go, gotta go,gotta go right now!' was my first thought. Reading the chapter explains the author's thoughts. Ms. Routman encourages good teachers to know where they are heading with the skills and activities they teach. Modeling and moving the students to independence through combining activities is a good strategy. She also says teachers often fail to use the valuable components of goal setting, evaluations and self-evaluation with students. With Kindergarten, I often set the goals without input or discussion with the student. I can see how some of them would benefit from seeing where we are expecting them to head and helping them monitor their own progress.