Sunday, June 20, 2010

Quote of the Day

Lucy Calkins The Art of Teaching Reading

If our teaching is going to be an art, we need to remember that artistry does not come from sheer quantity of red and yellow paint or from the amount of clay or marble, but from the organizing vision that shapes the use of those materials. It's not the number of good ideas that will turn our teaching into something significant and beautiful, but the selection, balance, coherence, and design of those ideas.

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