Comments for Building the English Classroom http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman A forum for ELA teachers hosted by Bruce M. Penniman Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on African Studies by Bruce Penniman http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/04/11/african-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Bruce Penniman Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:23:46 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=121#comment-177 Hi Lori, Congratulations on a successful first week! Teaching always has its ups and downs; I'm really glad your beginning was an up. I hope you will have many more weeks like this. UbD is a really powerful concept, and it is really catching on across the country. I had a chance to work with Jay McTighe a little bit in July, as he is mentoring Massachusetts' efforts to create model curriculum from the new Common Core standards. He's a very inspiring guy. I'd love to hear more about how your teaching is going! Bruce Hi Lori,

Congratulations on a successful first week! Teaching always has its ups and downs; I’m really glad your beginning was an up. I hope you will have many more weeks like this.

UbD is a really powerful concept, and it is really catching on across the country. I had a chance to work with Jay McTighe a little bit in July, as he is mentoring Massachusetts’ efforts to create model curriculum from the new Common Core standards. He’s a very inspiring guy.

I’d love to hear more about how your teaching is going!

Bruce

]]> Comment on African Studies by Lori http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/04/11/african-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Lori Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:56:39 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=121#comment-173 Bruce, I did it. I just finished my first week as an English teacher in a middle school. It was AWESOME! I love it. Thank you so much for your book and for your comment referring to McTighe and Wiggins. I am at an IB Candidate school and was in laminating my new IB Areas of Interaction poster to put in my room when I noticed that our school media specialist had just put out a bunch of books in the workroom for teachers. Among them was Understanding by Design! :-) I really appreciate you sharing your wealth of information. It has helped the start of my career much more smooth. Lori Bruce,

I did it. I just finished my first week as an English teacher in a middle school. It was AWESOME! I love it. Thank you so much for your book and for your comment referring to McTighe and Wiggins. I am at an IB Candidate school and was in laminating my new IB Areas of Interaction poster to put in my room when I noticed that our school media specialist had just put out a bunch of books in the workroom for teachers. Among them was Understanding by Design! :-)

I really appreciate you sharing your wealth of information. It has helped the start of my career much more smooth.

Lori

]]> Comment on Teacher Evaluation by Ronny H http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/02/04/teacher-evaluation/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Ronny H Mon, 16 May 2011 23:37:47 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=93#comment-53 Perhaps they should integrate RateMyProfessor into the offical record for instructor rating. People seem to offer their honest opinions on there. Or maybe pass an iPad around with 3 simple questions in each classroom. They make rugged cases I've seen them at: http://www.iPadCaseReview.com so that could be feasible. I get your main point here is that there needs to be some sort of reform that is based on student feedback. Perhaps they should integrate RateMyProfessor into the offical record for instructor rating. People seem to offer their honest opinions on there. Or maybe pass an iPad around with 3 simple questions in each classroom. They make rugged cases I’ve seen them at:
http://www.iPadCaseReview.com
so that could be feasible. I get your main point here is that there needs to be some sort of reform that is based on student feedback.

]]> Comment on About the Author by Bruce http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/about/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Bruce Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:30:00 +0000 #comment-49 Thank you so much, Judy. The Pat Hunter award was really special because Pat was one of my heroes, taken from us much too soon. Welcome to the retirement club - I hope you're better at it than I am! Bruce Thank you so much, Judy. The Pat Hunter award was really special because Pat was one of my heroes, taken from us much too soon. Welcome to the retirement club – I hope you’re better at it than I am!
Bruce

]]> Comment on A Letter to President Obama by The #blog4nwp archive « Cooperative Catalyst http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/03/28/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-48 The #blog4nwp archive « Cooperative Catalyst Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:55:56 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=113#comment-48 [...] Bruce Penniman – A Letter to President Obama [...] [...] Bruce Penniman – A Letter to President Obama [...]

]]> Comment on About the Author by Judith S. Chelte http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/about/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Judith S. Chelte Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:49:02 +0000 #comment-47 Bruce, I am so very pleased to read of your most recent award from WMWP. It is absolutely well deserved and is indicative of the countless hours you have devoted to the organization. You are an outstanding teacher and a dedicated scholar. You give all of us in the teaching profession a standard of excellence to be proud of. Best wishes! Judy (retired and loving it) P.S. I realize that my comment here is unrelated to the thread involving your recently published book. Congratulations on that achievement as well. Bruce,
I am so very pleased to read of your most recent award from WMWP. It is absolutely well deserved and is indicative of the countless hours you have devoted to the organization. You are an outstanding teacher and a dedicated scholar. You give all of us in the teaching profession a standard of excellence to be proud of.

Best wishes!

Judy (retired and loving it)
P.S. I realize that my comment here is unrelated to the thread involving your recently published book. Congratulations on that achievement as well.

]]> Comment on A Letter to President Obama by Parker Felipe http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/03/28/an-open-letter-to-president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Parker Felipe Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:03:33 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=113#comment-46 the premier effort to improve writing instruction?? <a href="http://www.r4king.com/R4-3DS-3DS-R4-R4-for-3DS.html" rel="nofollow">R4 3DS</a> the premier effort to improve writing instruction??

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]]> Comment on Digging Deep in the Common Core by Bruce Penniman http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/01/14/digging-deeper-into-the-common-core/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Bruce Penniman Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:46:15 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=87#comment-24 Thanks, Leslie. Thinking through adoption of these new standards is certainly a journey! Thanks, Leslie. Thinking through adoption of these new standards is certainly a journey!

]]> Comment on Digging Deep in the Common Core by Leslie Skantz-Hodgson http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/2011/01/14/digging-deeper-into-the-common-core/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Leslie Skantz-Hodgson Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:16:36 +0000 http://blogs.umass.edu/penniman/?p=87#comment-23 The timing of the state's adoption of the CommonCore standards dovetails nicely with the need at my school to revise our English curriculum and create a curriculum map. Thanks for your help with this, Bruce. I'll keep you posted on our progress. The timing of the state’s adoption of the CommonCore standards dovetails nicely with the need at my school to revise our English curriculum and create a curriculum map. Thanks for your help with this, Bruce. I’ll keep you posted on our progress.

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