Judy Demo

I like that Judy really exhibited Palmer's call that the students are the driving the force behind the lesson without being the center of attention for the lesson. She spoke very little in the early stages and instead let the us as the students lead the activity. In the discussion she even mentioned that she should not be the hardest working person in the room and that is real education in a nutshell. Thanks for the reminder Judy! I also really liked that the lesson taught the value of being concise. Students need to truly consider what each word means. Opens up doors on why to avoid cliches and to be verbs when the writer wants to really carry a message. I can't wait to use this in my classroom. Seriously, I want to use it in so many ways that the students can start calling me the 3 by 3 teacher. I like the idea of using this as an exit ticket-- 3 by 3 to summarize what we learned in class today. I also liked the group work of this to try out word. My favorite implications is for revision. Take a piece of writing that students feels needs work, use the group to get the essence of the paper into a 3 by 3 and then use that to evaluate a how the paper is developing/content. I additionally liked the idea of a formative teacher moment to guide instruction. Thanks for a great job Judy!