Additional Assignment 5

Just Teach them to Solve for X uses metaphors which maybe hard to catch I know I had to read it a couple times to catch it. And by using this form of solving for X involves how many teachers use the same way to teach basic skills to students, and by letting them solve for X may give them a new form of teaching. Sketchy portraits tells how eighth graders all have their own identity no matter how screwed up they may seem with their own set of emotions to go along with them. And all students want to do at that age is find a belonging or place that they belong in. He Just Likes the Class for the Pencils stresses how important it is to have a good teacher to student relationship with each student in your classroom. Allowing for teachers to have one on one conversations with each students allows the students to grow comfortable and trust their teacher. The Medium Shapes the Learning talks about how students like to do the most work that requires the least effort out of them. And so when Mr. Spencer assigns a lesson to the students, he does not want them to just slide by he wants them to put effort and thought into it.