Meet Me in the Middle Chapter 9

Abstract:

This chapter's focus is all about block scheduling and the transition to it. Wormeli points out the difficulities that can arise when a school tries to transition from a classic 50 minute schedule to an 80 minute block schedule. Wormeli offers ideas on planning lessons that fit an 80 minute block and other useful strategies that can help teachers make the change to a block schedule.

Reflection:

I really like the idea of block scheduling. I think that 50 minute classes do not allow enough time to really create a meaningful conversation, engage in critical thinking, or begin to start a lab. I think that having more than four classes in one day is way too much information in one day. I wouldn't remember my first class by my last! I also think that the information becomes a centimeter deep and a mile long.