Chapter 6: Responsive Teaching with UbD

Chapter 6 was comprised of ways that teachers can be better teachers. It even addressed the common gripe teachers make when they are told to try something new of, “I don’t have time for that”, and made the argument that if they created lessons with differentiation in mind there would not be a time crunch in the classroom. The part I will take away from this chapter into my classroom has to be the idea of making sure students know what is being done and what is expected from them. I know that students in classes I have been in will ask after the assignment is given out, what they are supposed to do, it is important for the teacher to clearly define what is expected of the students.