FK Slides and Comments

I am intrigued by the McNulty slide, #87, that deals with Relevance. It's simple and connects many of the ideas that have been presented over the years, "integrated learning", "project-based learning", "place-based learning," "authentic learning". All could be clumped together under the umbrella of Relevance.

I have questions about McNulty slide, #103, "Students Do to Learn". I wonder what that would look like across different disciplines and different topics. For example, if you are going to "do" spelling to learn spelling, that might work, but only if the child is motivated to "do" it. What about learning less desirable, yet still valuable topics, multiplication facts, ... ?

I have a hard time with McNulty slide, #125, "My teacher knows me ..." The data seems over-simplified, in some cases, that statistic could be a good one. Many students, especially in upper grades, do not want or need to know what is going on with the student outside of school. Some ideas are good, but too much information is probably not a good thing. I remember an 8th grader many years ago, cool kid, difficult home scene, came in exhausted. One look from here told me, don't even think of asking any stupid questions. I checked in, "Carol, you OK?" She replied, "Tough night, Mr. Kelley, you don't want to know." I knew enough that she was OK, was in school, and needed some space.

There are plenty more slides I could reflect on. I wanted to get these up to start the process. Let me know what you think.