Modeling: Ideas to Consider for the Daily 5...and all Instruction and Classroom Management

Excellent ideas from the Stenhouse Newsletter....

Every time I ask students to do something, I model it first. 

—Lindsay Young 

Lindsay Young reflects on teaching and modeling in "I Do, We Do, You Do" onTeaching Channel. Consider your own practice as you observe Young's classroom: 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/modeling-strategy-getty 

Modeling goes beyond skills. It's important to model behaviors and attitudes too. Ruth Charney writes about modeling as a means for teaching classroom rules. Read "The Importance of Modeling" at Education World to see how she does it: 

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/charney/charney003.shtml