Slicing every day in March!! Today's slice is about the books I'm currently reading or have recently finished reading. No spoilers here. Just a few sentences about each one. If the Oceans Were Ink by Carla Power is the story of an unlikely collaboration between a North American white female academic and an Islamic male scholar. Even though I consider myself open-minded, reading this book is making me aware of my biases and how I may have formed them. I just started reading Math Running Records in Action by Dr. Nicki Newton. I look forward to learning how to use math running records to help me determine how my students reason (or not) when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. What can I say about Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli? First of all, it is the author's debut novel. Secondly, as a counselor, the author worked with adolescents. Finally, LGBT, bullying, and friendships lost and made, are ...
This blog is a place to ruminate on the problems of teaching. If I am thinking thoughtfully, my posts will hopefully raise more questions than answers. By problematizing teaching we reflect on those questions that are constantly behind, in front, and at center of everything we do in the classroom. Feel free to comment. I'd love to hear what other teachers are thinking about on these and other issues. Cheers! Elisa