Understanding by Design Chapter Six: Responsive Teaching with UbD in Academically Diverse Classrooms

Chapter six is about flexibility in a teacher’s instruction. Flexibility is the key to helping students when they haven’t mastered the material. Using multiple intelligences and activities in your lessons helps all students in the classroom. The best grades I ever got in classes were the ones where the teachers tended to flex how their instruction was taught. Giving students more time on certain assignments and giving more time on instruction where students were falling behind. There are classes where the teachers were not so flexible and I had a lot of trouble. I know that I will make sure to give students a second chance on homework, because this can help students to really master the material. Giving them feedback about what they have learned will help them to hone their knowledge.