How will we know?

All over the education world today, educators and administrators are asking four key questions:
◦ What is it we expect our students to learn?
◦ How will we know when students have learned it?
◦ How will we respond when students have not learned it?
◦ How will we respond when students have learned it?

Today offered up an exciting answer for "How will we know when they've learned it?"  . . .
When the information weaves itself into a child's life, into those quiet (or not-so-quiet moments) of the day when you're not trying to teach it.  That's when you know they've learned it!

This morning we were lined up at the front of the school, waiting for the late arrival of a field trip bus.  A third grader was suddenly excitedly pointing and exclaiming, "It's a right-angled triangle!  Right there in the sidewalk!  Look, Ms. S!  It's a right-angled, isosceles triangle!"  Indeed it is. 

"How will we know they've learned it?"  Any more questions?