My colleague, Renee Dinnerstein, recently wrote about the ways that the Common Core are being interpreted in Kindergarten classrooms. Bottom line: Don't mess with Choice Time. When teachers start putting stipulations on how to make choices, what to imagine, what to think....it takes away the spirit of wonder and inquiry in children.
http://investigatingchoicetime.com/?p=614
Believe it or not, choice time in first grade is pretty unheard of. My first grade classroom (along with a couple of my teammates) is not the norm. I'm working on spreading the "choice time word."
