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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh god, the last thing elementary teachers need to be doing is spending more time reviewing. They already spend way too much time "circling back" and reviewing. Most kids are bored to tears by the amount of repetition in elementary school.[/quote]

I think you misunderstood what I meant. By "spiraling back" (not circling back, but whatever), I mean you keep going back to what the kids already know, making connections to what they are learning. For example, in third grade the teacher will teach some basic civics, geography, and economics. She then starts a unit about ancient China. What was learned in the economics lessons isn't forgotten, but rather applied to the new lessons about China. After that unit is taught, it isn't simply set aside but rather carried into the next unit about ancient Egypt. She continues to apply the knowledge of civics, geography and economics while comparing and contrasting the two ancient cultures.

So, it's not drill and kill. It's not brainless review. It's taking what was already learned and applying it to later lessons. The students then better understand the material and it avoids having to bore them to tears with review later on.[/quote]

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