If your approach to reading our text is anything like my first one was, you probably didn't take time to read all of the parts of Mr. Johnson's Unit on Buoyancy. When I finally did read it, strategies for "Important, Focused & Engaging Curriculum & Instruction" came alive for me! What helped was that I read it with eyes that finally understood how all of the hallmarks could really be "visible" in one unit of instruction! For Blog #7, carefully read Figure 6.1 on page 70, Figure 6.2 on pages 75- 78, Figure 6.3 on p. 79, and Figure 6.4 on page 80. Really looking at this unit makes Carol's words on the surrounding pages inspiring and engaging. So, after you have read the unit in the pages listed above, find 3 subheadings in the chapter that are very clear to you now. Compare and contrast Mr. Johnson's ideas, YOUR ideas for your own class, and the 3 subheadings that are especially meaningful in that comparison. (By "subtopics" I mean the 1- to 2-paragraph sections surrounding the Figures in chapter 6.). Is there something in what you are required to teach for which you could "plan the engagement" in similar ways?
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