Reviewed by Brian Day, a Grades 4 and 5 teacher at Rose Avenue Public School in Toronto. By Jeffrey N. Golub Jeff Golub's chatty and practical guide for experienced as well as new teachers provides ways to restructure classroom instruction so that teachers won't confuse motion for progress. Even though the book has a language arts bias and an emphasis on the middle grades, its application is widespread. Golub reminds teachers that sometimes lessons just don't work out. If the students are not motivated to do the work, then promises of grades, stars, pizza parties or other rewards are not going to help them learn.
Engagement is the key.
Getting students to actively and enthusiastically participate in the task at hand is a product of the teacher's classroom community building. Golub goes on to suggest activities to help build that community. Making Learning Happen is a refreshing reminder of the fun that teaching and learning can be. By Metropolitan Toronto School Board Teachers Elementary teachers want to know how to teach technology. The book has four categories.