Tamarah's 3rd post

While I would love for my students to know how to read books and write paragraphs, what is more important to me is that my students are able to use learning strategies. I would love all teachers at my school, especially in the ninth grade, to focus on teaching students to take notes, make connections, apply knowledge, and other learning strategies that will give my students the tools to do algebra and remember it.

I know that I have overlooked the importance of these learning strategies, because I did not really realize that my students could not do these things until about halfway through the year. I think we all overlook teaching these strategies, because they are so innate to us that we cannot believe that our students do not know them.

Having a focus on learning strategies in all classrooms would benefit all content areas, because these learning strategies are applicable and necessary in all content areas. I would love to discuss more ways to explicitly teach learning strategies in my classroom, and get other teachers at my school behind the idea.