No one else in my immediate family is a teacher. They are huge football fans and in their quest to explain the game to me, they forgot that I have no references to football. They forgot what it’s like not to know.
As teachers we must remember back to the time when the information we now have at our fingertips was brand new to us. We must put ourselves into the mindset of the students who sit in front of us and create explanations that make sense to the newbie. Our explanations should contain the proper vocabulary, but each of these new words must be paraphrased so that our students can understand what we’re talking about.
More on this topic next week...
Have a great week (despite all the negative news...)
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