Introduction to Dualing Curriculum and how it got it's name!

Hi,

So here I am experimenting with doing a blog. It is an interesting experiment that I would love to see what happens.

In any event, I called this blog The Dualing Curriculum because I teach in a Hebrew Day School with two curriculums, hence the name dualing! It is a dual curriculum and a play on words that they really are in fact "deuling."

We have some classes that have the morning dedicated to Hebrew studies and then the kids switch after lunch to a class dedicated to what is distinguished as secular studies. That would me! I teach the secular part of the day for these students. This includes every subject from math, to reading, to writing, science, social studies, word study, handwriting. All of these subjects, I have to squeeze into a half-day schedule.

Can you see why this could be extremely difficult and challenging?

Many teachers who teach students these subjects all day complain that they don't have enough time to teach everything that they have to teach. Imagine trying to do that in a day where you might have all of 2 1/2 hours to teach everything.

In this blog, I plan to share with you how I manage to incorporate everything that I have to teach to my students in half the time.

I also have double the amount of students since I teach a whole day, I teach one group of kids in the morning and then I do it all over again with a whole new group of kids.

I have been teaching second grade for two years. This will be my third year and believe it or not we got a lot done. But I want to try to really make the most use of my time this year and get even more done.

I have been listening to some wonderful webinars this summer that I will share with you about improving my teaching. My brain is swimming with all these new cutting edge ideas and I can't wait to try them out.

I have to go pick up my sister from the airport right now so to be continued!