Chapter 9: Planning for Block Scheduling

This chapter talked about planning for a block schedule. In middle school it would be beneficial to have longer periods. Throughout this chapter, the author plans out his day according to the block period schedule, writing down his thoughts. I found that it was important for teachers to not fill the entire 80 minutes with lessons. Have students take breaks. The ideas of having more time for formative and summative assessments is ideal for students because the assessments can have more dimension to them. They can relate to real life and will be more engaging than a written test.