Curriculum That Is Important

Every year we are expected to teach more and more, and cover more and more criteria.  Carol Ann Tomlinson likens it to the feeling of being a hamster on a wheel.  Th faster we move, it seems, the greater the expanse of information, which in turn creates a greater expectation for us to be able to make the wheel turn even faster.  We need to be more worried about the students learning than we are about just "covering" the material.  I will admit, when I think about my year at a glance, I sometimes thing about certain topics as just "something to check off." I just need to teach it so that I can say that, "we covered it." This isn't the point of teaching.  We need to make sure that we are doing more than just covering the material.  After all, we are there for our students to learn from us, right? We need to teach curriculum that is important.  We need to teach what is essential, and that will build understanding.  We need our curriculum to be focused and engaging.