tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136910106787082476.post6387046980742207413..comments2014-03-18T12:26:54.453-07:00Comments on Latin Good stuff in the Middle: Formative AssessmentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078804977518079182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136910106787082476.post-19791305853626634032010-04-14T13:51:08.916-07:002010-04-14T13:51:08.916-07:00As a language teacher, I feel like I have a good a...As a language teacher, I feel like I have a good argument and solid ground for saying "we all have to get over this bar, and some people are going to have to do low jumps and work their way up." Other teachers accept it because I'm not teaching math, science or English in which the bench marks are like concrete. Maybe we world language teachers can be the starting point for this type of change.<br /><br />I hadn't thought about the pressures of the elementary setting. It's true, we middle school teachers expect the students to arrive having mastered all the content, not to be still working toward mastery. And if I see an "A" on a grade report, I need more information as to what that "A" means in some cases.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078804977518079182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7136910106787082476.post-55626148775004098982010-04-14T11:16:02.689-07:002010-04-14T11:16:02.689-07:00The hardest thing I have had to do is convince oth...The hardest thing I have had to do is convince other teachers in my ELEMENTARY setting that kids who take longer to learn the material can still receive an A for achieving the same outcomes, only slower. I am excited to read more about your work. I taught Middle School French for 8 years, and got to be quite good at differentiating instruction in that setting. It is a different world here in the elementary general classroom. <br /><br />ClaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com