Slice of Life Challenge Please join the challenge over at Two Writing Teachers! What does easy mean to you? I hear that word thrown around like an insult... I hear your class is so easy ... I asked my students to reflect about my class and they do use that word...a lot. I started feeling bad and wondering things like, Am I challenging them? Is it true? Are they learning what they need to learn? Could they be learning more? Should I be doing more? It doesn't make any sense! My students work hard every single day. They read everyday. They write everyday. I see immense improvement in them as readers and writers. Most of them identify themselves as readers and writers when sixth grade is done. My students regularly reflect on themselves as learners and on their learning. So, why do they say my class is easy ?!?! Let's address the first part of that question. Easy. What does that w...
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