Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries
Blog 8 Dr. Signer
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I would recommend the use of discussion boards, teacher listserv and blog as effective tools to get ideas. As stated before teaching can be isolating and these are wonderful tools to use in order to get ideas, constructive feedback, and feel connected to other teachers. I got interesting feedback and suggestions with regards to the seven continents.
When I first started the discussion boards I was overwhelmed and thought I would never use it. However, after I had report card night I was glad I had this tool to ask for support and ideas. This is a good tool to vent your emotions and improve your teaching
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries
Blog 8 Dr. Signer
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For this discussion, I went on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (reading first) from 11/3/08- 11/28/08. The posting was initiated by a teacher that took over a class after the previous teacher had to leave. This teacher had a real hard time handling the class. The teacher posted the comments under “desperate”. The class was out of control and the parents were also difficult.
All of the responses to this posting suggested a positive reinforcement system. Other teacher suggested investing in popcorn, stickers, and other little rewards. With this plan the teacher gives a reward for behaviors like sitting in you sit and raising your hand. The rewards would be given immediately. Then as the class improved the distribution of the rewards would lessen. This is expensive approach but all the contributors of the discussion agreed that it would be worth the expense.
One of the contributors also suggested that the new teacher redefine rules for the class. Start over like it was the first day of school. I thought that was a good idea. However this contributor also made a negative comment about these students even through the teacher didn’t know them directly. This concerned me because teachers have a big impact on child’s life. I feel it is important that teachers do not express or have negative views of students. This could have a serious consequence on the child.
Questions I posed with responses
This discussion did reinforce my belief in a positive reinforcement system because all the contributors, including myself, have used it and found it to be effective. I also found it comforting that another teacher finds the little prizes to be expensive. I agree with that because I do find I spend a lot of money on the reward box in my classroom. But this is a system that works so it is worth the money.
The desperate teacher did write back that she found a system that was working. However, she did not disclose what the procedure was even after I posted a question to that teacher.
Responses to other questions
I chose this question because I noticed that it was under a new subject on the discussion board. The new subject was reading first, which is the program I have to follow at my job. The issue of the discussion was a classroom management problem rather than a reading first issue. But effective classroom management is extremely important for any classroom. So, I found this discussion a helpful reminder of effective teaching.
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All of my discussions were on the discussion board chat room. This is an effective tool for teachers for several reasons. Teaching is an isolating job where you are in a room all day with children and no other adult. Sometimes you are also in a school where the other teachers are not friendly or helpful. Discussion boards are a way to reach out to other adults for ideas. It also gives you a wide range of opinions and ideas because the network system is country wide. Therefore, you have more selection of ideas.
On the other hand, you are also exposed to some unusual comments and views. I did come across some comments on the discussion board which I was not comfortable reading. Also, the information could be incorrect because there is no formal evaluation of the information being posted.
Overall, I do feel that discussion boards are an effective tool to help teachers and parents with educational issues. I posted a question about the expectations of second graders with regards to the seven continents. One of student’s parent complained about the expectations I had for students regarding the seven continents last Friday. Even though I have completed this project with this posting, I will use the discussion board for this issue.
Blog 8 Dr. Signer
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For this discussion, I went on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (reading first) from 11/3/08- 11/28/08. The posting was initiated by a teacher that took over a class after the previous teacher had to leave. This teacher had a real hard time handling the class. The teacher posted the comments under “desperate”. The class was out of control and the parents were also difficult.
All of the responses to this posting suggested a positive reinforcement system. Other teacher suggested investing in popcorn, stickers, and other little rewards. With this plan the teacher gives a reward for behaviors like sitting in you sit and raising your hand. The rewards would be given immediately. Then as the class improved the distribution of the rewards would lessen. This is expensive approach but all the contributors of the discussion agreed that it would be worth the expense.
One of the contributors also suggested that the new teacher redefine rules for the class. Start over like it was the first day of school. I thought that was a good idea. However this contributor also made a negative comment about these students even through the teacher didn’t know them directly. This concerned me because teachers have a big impact on child’s life. I feel it is important that teachers do not express or have negative views of students. This could have a serious consequence on the child.
Questions I posed with responses
This discussion did reinforce my belief in a positive reinforcement system because all the contributors, including myself, have used it and found it to be effective. I also found it comforting that another teacher finds the little prizes to be expensive. I agree with that because I do find I spend a lot of money on the reward box in my classroom. But this is a system that works so it is worth the money.
The desperate teacher did write back that she found a system that was working. However, she did not disclose what the procedure was even after I posted a question to that teacher.
Responses to other questions
I chose this question because I noticed that it was under a new subject on the discussion board. The new subject was reading first, which is the program I have to follow at my job. The issue of the discussion was a classroom management problem rather than a reading first issue. But effective classroom management is extremely important for any classroom. So, I found this discussion a helpful reminder of effective teaching.
Last posting
All of my discussions were on the discussion board chat room. This is an effective tool for teachers for several reasons. Teaching is an isolating job where you are in a room all day with children and no other adult. Sometimes you are also in a school where the other teachers are not friendly or helpful. Discussion boards are a way to reach out to other adults for ideas. It also gives you a wide range of opinions and ideas because the network system is country wide. Therefore, you have more selection of ideas.
On the other hand, you are also exposed to some unusual comments and views. I did come across some comments on the discussion board which I was not comfortable reading. Also, the information could be incorrect because there is no formal evaluation of the information being posted.
Overall, I do feel that discussion boards are an effective tool to help teachers and parents with educational issues. I posted a question about the expectations of second graders with regards to the seven continents. One of student’s parent complained about the expectations I had for students regarding the seven continents last Friday. Even though I have completed this project with this posting, I will use the discussion board for this issue.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries
Blog 7 Dr. Signer
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I was involved with a discussion initiated by a parent, who is also a teacher in middle school. The discussion was posted on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education) from 12/2/08- 12/6/08. The parent was concerned about her son in second grade. The parent was advised that her son needed speech therapy because he was having difficulty with vowel sounds. Her son was classified as gift in kindergarten but was not doing well with reading in second grade. The evaluator advised the parent that problem with the vowel sounds could be related to his reading problem.
This parent lives in a small rural district in Texas and was very stressed about getting immediate help for her son. The parent was also concerned about the accuracy of the evaluation since the parent can understand her child when the child speaks.
One contributor agreed with the speech pathologist that the speech problems can be related to the reading problems. The discussion also centered on the idea that education is a process. The skills need to develop over time. Therefore, it is more important to work on obtaining services that are consistent rather than immediate. This contributor reassured the parent getting help in January rather than December would not be a negative impact on the child. Also, the suggestion to get a second opinion was made in order to validate the information given to the parent about her child. The parent was advised in the discussion to not pay pocket expense for the evaluation or services.
The parent was also given the suggestion to start some activities at home. These activities include vowel work sheets. I had suggested investing in the leap frog pads in order to practice the sounds.
Questions I posed with responses
One of the contributors to this discussion did state that reading problems could be speech related. I never knew that speech problems could be related to reading problems. I have that have reading fluency and decoding. With these cases, I would suggest the children use leap frog pads at home. In class, I would model reading with the students. Since I was involved with this discussion, I plan to recruit help from a speech pathologist to see how I could help these students.
Responses to other questions
This discussion related to my personal life and I really understood how this parent was feeling. I have a child with a disability and I understand the fear you feel with you have a child that needs help. It has been my experience that is accessing services takes a great deal of skills and determination. I felt the fear and confusion this parent was feeling from this posting. So, I felt compelled to share some of my thoughts and lessons learned from my experience with my daughter.
I had responded as a parent and teacher to this posting, but I was so surprised that another contributor agreed with my comments. This surprised me because I realized my personal situations can help with the professional situations.
Blog 7 Dr. Signer
Topic Heading
I was involved with a discussion initiated by a parent, who is also a teacher in middle school. The discussion was posted on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education) from 12/2/08- 12/6/08. The parent was concerned about her son in second grade. The parent was advised that her son needed speech therapy because he was having difficulty with vowel sounds. Her son was classified as gift in kindergarten but was not doing well with reading in second grade. The evaluator advised the parent that problem with the vowel sounds could be related to his reading problem.
This parent lives in a small rural district in Texas and was very stressed about getting immediate help for her son. The parent was also concerned about the accuracy of the evaluation since the parent can understand her child when the child speaks.
One contributor agreed with the speech pathologist that the speech problems can be related to the reading problems. The discussion also centered on the idea that education is a process. The skills need to develop over time. Therefore, it is more important to work on obtaining services that are consistent rather than immediate. This contributor reassured the parent getting help in January rather than December would not be a negative impact on the child. Also, the suggestion to get a second opinion was made in order to validate the information given to the parent about her child. The parent was advised in the discussion to not pay pocket expense for the evaluation or services.
The parent was also given the suggestion to start some activities at home. These activities include vowel work sheets. I had suggested investing in the leap frog pads in order to practice the sounds.
Questions I posed with responses
One of the contributors to this discussion did state that reading problems could be speech related. I never knew that speech problems could be related to reading problems. I have that have reading fluency and decoding. With these cases, I would suggest the children use leap frog pads at home. In class, I would model reading with the students. Since I was involved with this discussion, I plan to recruit help from a speech pathologist to see how I could help these students.
Responses to other questions
This discussion related to my personal life and I really understood how this parent was feeling. I have a child with a disability and I understand the fear you feel with you have a child that needs help. It has been my experience that is accessing services takes a great deal of skills and determination. I felt the fear and confusion this parent was feeling from this posting. So, I felt compelled to share some of my thoughts and lessons learned from my experience with my daughter.
I had responded as a parent and teacher to this posting, but I was so surprised that another contributor agreed with my comments. This surprised me because I realized my personal situations can help with the professional situations.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries
Blog 6 Dr. Signer
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I was involved with a discussion initiated by a teacher on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education) from 12/1/08- 12/3/08. The teacher was having a difficult time getting her second grade student to organize her thoughts with writing assignments. The assignment was a paragraph for Thanksgiving. The teacher has tried the hamburger graphic organizer and had no success. The discussion centered on the use of graphic organizers. One contributor to the discussion felt that organizers are not effective for young children. However, I and the other contributors did not agree with this view. Another contributor supported organizers but felt certain organizers were better than the others. This contributor suggested using organizers that matched the writing assignment. This contributor suggested a sequence organizer for writing assignments that about personal stories.
The discussion also went beyond the use of graphic organizers. One of the contributors wrote about the importance of taking a step back to build up the student’s writing ability. The contributor had a very good plan to tack this problem. First she suggested brainstorming ideas. Ask the student questions such as who, what, how and write a list of clue words for the student. Then use a graphic organizer to put the ideas together. This contributor also wrote about the scaffolding process of teaching the topic sentence and then detail sentences.
I suggested that the student could draw pictures to trigger the words. Pictures can help to visualize the ideas and put the idea to words. I also suggested that the student read aloud the writing to see if the writing makes sense. In addition, I recommended that the teacher have the students read each others writing and make suggestions to their partner student. With partner reading the students can help each other.
Questions I posed with responses
During this discussion I had asked about what the topic was for the writing assignment. This question leads to the importance of choosing the right graphic organizer for the assignment. I realized the importance of matching the structure of an organizer to writing assignment. Therefore, I changed an organizer that I had planned to use in my class based on this discussion.
The discussion brought out the complex process of writing and the use of scaffolding. Scaffolding is a term used in many graduate classes. However, I always struggled with the meaning of scaffolding. This discussion helped me to understand the meaning of scaffolding.
Responses to other questions
Writing is difficult for young children. It is also an area I struggle with as a teacher. So when I saw this topic I immediately joined in to see how I can improve my skills. As I started writing in the discussion, I realized that I had some good ideas. This experience improved my confidence with teaching writing skills.
Blog 6 Dr. Signer
Topic Heading
I was involved with a discussion initiated by a teacher on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education) from 12/1/08- 12/3/08. The teacher was having a difficult time getting her second grade student to organize her thoughts with writing assignments. The assignment was a paragraph for Thanksgiving. The teacher has tried the hamburger graphic organizer and had no success. The discussion centered on the use of graphic organizers. One contributor to the discussion felt that organizers are not effective for young children. However, I and the other contributors did not agree with this view. Another contributor supported organizers but felt certain organizers were better than the others. This contributor suggested using organizers that matched the writing assignment. This contributor suggested a sequence organizer for writing assignments that about personal stories.
The discussion also went beyond the use of graphic organizers. One of the contributors wrote about the importance of taking a step back to build up the student’s writing ability. The contributor had a very good plan to tack this problem. First she suggested brainstorming ideas. Ask the student questions such as who, what, how and write a list of clue words for the student. Then use a graphic organizer to put the ideas together. This contributor also wrote about the scaffolding process of teaching the topic sentence and then detail sentences.
I suggested that the student could draw pictures to trigger the words. Pictures can help to visualize the ideas and put the idea to words. I also suggested that the student read aloud the writing to see if the writing makes sense. In addition, I recommended that the teacher have the students read each others writing and make suggestions to their partner student. With partner reading the students can help each other.
Questions I posed with responses
During this discussion I had asked about what the topic was for the writing assignment. This question leads to the importance of choosing the right graphic organizer for the assignment. I realized the importance of matching the structure of an organizer to writing assignment. Therefore, I changed an organizer that I had planned to use in my class based on this discussion.
The discussion brought out the complex process of writing and the use of scaffolding. Scaffolding is a term used in many graduate classes. However, I always struggled with the meaning of scaffolding. This discussion helped me to understand the meaning of scaffolding.
Responses to other questions
Writing is difficult for young children. It is also an area I struggle with as a teacher. So when I saw this topic I immediately joined in to see how I can improve my skills. As I started writing in the discussion, I realized that I had some good ideas. This experience improved my confidence with teaching writing skills.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries
Blog 5 Dr. Signer
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I was involved with a discussion initiated by a parent on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education). The parent is a teacher herself and was concerned about her son. Her son was in an advanced class last year and did well. However, this year the teacher was not challenging the class and her son was starting to hate school. The writer needed suggestions about how to handle the situation.
We agreed that dealing with a bad teacher is a part of developing skills for later life situations. We also suggested exploring other extra activities to help challenge her son. The discussion also brought up other issues and suggestions to deal with this problem. First, one of the participates felt that the parent needed to be more involved with the grapevine of her son’s school in order to use her influence to get a better teacher for the school. Another commentary stressed the importance of looking at a whole school rather than one teacher. According to this person it was more important to find the school that met her son’s needs rather than a teacher. There was also a suggestion to speak to the teacher in order to see if her son’s prospective is accurate.
In the discussion I wrote how I felt that the parent should not put down his teacher in front of her son. One of my professors spoke about the importance of working with your child’s teacher. If a student feels that his/her parent does not respect the teacher than any learning that will be done is lost for that whole year. However, one of the commentaries on this discussion wrote about how it is important to validate your child’s feelings if they are in a bad situation. Children learn and develop if they can express their feelings.
This discussion brought to light the difficulty of dealing with bad teachers and children. My husband and I had struggled with this issue with our own daughter. We had a difficulty time with my younger daughter’s principle. While we did not feel this principal was hurting any students, we had a difficult time dealing with the principal on some of our concerns. I did express my feelings in front of my daughter and felt I should not have done this because my daughter expressed negative feelings toward the principal based on my comments. However, my husband felt that my daughter should be aware that not all teachers or authority figures handle themselves in the most professional manner.
Questions I posed with responses
I participated in this discussion because I do notice as a teacher that it is sometimes harder to have advanced students in your class. I see this year that I really have to struggle with keeping the advanced students motivated. I did get some ideas from the suggestions about afterschool activities described in the discussion. This discussion did hit on my own struggle of how to handle difficult or bad teachers in front of my own daughters. I feel comfortable speaking directly to the teachers. But I am not sure how to speak to my daughters about the situation. This discussion gave me more reflection on the matter but I have not come to a clear situation.
Responses to other questions
When I read the problem outlined by the parent, I felt that the parent was listening to her child without verifying the information. As a teacher I have had situations in my classroom where the student presented a picture to the parent that was missing information or not accurate. I feel it is important to maintain good communications with parents so that the parent understands the classroom procedures and this will enhance the learning environment in the class.
Blog 5 Dr. Signer
Topic Heading
I was involved with a discussion initiated by a parent on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education). The parent is a teacher herself and was concerned about her son. Her son was in an advanced class last year and did well. However, this year the teacher was not challenging the class and her son was starting to hate school. The writer needed suggestions about how to handle the situation.
We agreed that dealing with a bad teacher is a part of developing skills for later life situations. We also suggested exploring other extra activities to help challenge her son. The discussion also brought up other issues and suggestions to deal with this problem. First, one of the participates felt that the parent needed to be more involved with the grapevine of her son’s school in order to use her influence to get a better teacher for the school. Another commentary stressed the importance of looking at a whole school rather than one teacher. According to this person it was more important to find the school that met her son’s needs rather than a teacher. There was also a suggestion to speak to the teacher in order to see if her son’s prospective is accurate.
In the discussion I wrote how I felt that the parent should not put down his teacher in front of her son. One of my professors spoke about the importance of working with your child’s teacher. If a student feels that his/her parent does not respect the teacher than any learning that will be done is lost for that whole year. However, one of the commentaries on this discussion wrote about how it is important to validate your child’s feelings if they are in a bad situation. Children learn and develop if they can express their feelings.
This discussion brought to light the difficulty of dealing with bad teachers and children. My husband and I had struggled with this issue with our own daughter. We had a difficulty time with my younger daughter’s principle. While we did not feel this principal was hurting any students, we had a difficult time dealing with the principal on some of our concerns. I did express my feelings in front of my daughter and felt I should not have done this because my daughter expressed negative feelings toward the principal based on my comments. However, my husband felt that my daughter should be aware that not all teachers or authority figures handle themselves in the most professional manner.
Questions I posed with responses
I participated in this discussion because I do notice as a teacher that it is sometimes harder to have advanced students in your class. I see this year that I really have to struggle with keeping the advanced students motivated. I did get some ideas from the suggestions about afterschool activities described in the discussion. This discussion did hit on my own struggle of how to handle difficult or bad teachers in front of my own daughters. I feel comfortable speaking directly to the teachers. But I am not sure how to speak to my daughters about the situation. This discussion gave me more reflection on the matter but I have not come to a clear situation.
Responses to other questions
When I read the problem outlined by the parent, I felt that the parent was listening to her child without verifying the information. As a teacher I have had situations in my classroom where the student presented a picture to the parent that was missing information or not accurate. I feel it is important to maintain good communications with parents so that the parent understands the classroom procedures and this will enhance the learning environment in the class.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries Blog 4 Dr. Signer
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On 11/2 there was a question about lesson ideas for the elections on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education). The teacher needed ideas to handle teaching the voting process to second grade class. One teacher responded with a suggestion that she uses for her class. I like the suggestion that this teacher gave which was to set up little cardboard dividers around the table and each student had to take turns casting a vote.
This idea really caught my attention because I felt it gave the students a real idea of the voting process. The students had to wait in line and the choice was private. This approach is much more realistic for the students then asking for a show of hands and tallying their choices on the board.
Questions I posed with responses
I had planned to post the election question on the discussion board but someone else beat me to it. So when I saw the posting I joined in the discussion. This discussion I found had a big impact on my approach to teaching the voting process in my class room. I implemented the idea described above and it really made an impression on my students.
By setting up a voting area with cardboard dividers, I was able to impress upon the students about the importance of following procedures when voting. I think many adults do not take the process seriously and it is important for teachers to give that understanding to young children. I also impressed on the students the privilege we have in this country to vote in private without the fear of retaliation for the way we vote.
I have had elections in my class before. However, I felt this simple idea of dividers and turn taking was much more educational for the students.
Responses to other questions
I sent a message to the writer of this idea that I would try their idea. I also sent a message that I used this simple idea and I felt it was very successful.
I also found it interesting that only one person had a suggestion for teaching the voting process. I guess many teachers do not teach on this topic. I think that is very sad because we need to teach children and impress the importance of voting.
Topic Heading
On 11/2 there was a question about lesson ideas for the elections on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards (elementary education). The teacher needed ideas to handle teaching the voting process to second grade class. One teacher responded with a suggestion that she uses for her class. I like the suggestion that this teacher gave which was to set up little cardboard dividers around the table and each student had to take turns casting a vote.
This idea really caught my attention because I felt it gave the students a real idea of the voting process. The students had to wait in line and the choice was private. This approach is much more realistic for the students then asking for a show of hands and tallying their choices on the board.
Questions I posed with responses
I had planned to post the election question on the discussion board but someone else beat me to it. So when I saw the posting I joined in the discussion. This discussion I found had a big impact on my approach to teaching the voting process in my class room. I implemented the idea described above and it really made an impression on my students.
By setting up a voting area with cardboard dividers, I was able to impress upon the students about the importance of following procedures when voting. I think many adults do not take the process seriously and it is important for teachers to give that understanding to young children. I also impressed on the students the privilege we have in this country to vote in private without the fear of retaliation for the way we vote.
I have had elections in my class before. However, I felt this simple idea of dividers and turn taking was much more educational for the students.
Responses to other questions
I sent a message to the writer of this idea that I would try their idea. I also sent a message that I used this simple idea and I felt it was very successful.
I also found it interesting that only one person had a suggestion for teaching the voting process. I guess many teachers do not teach on this topic. I think that is very sad because we need to teach children and impress the importance of voting.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Kerry Wright Edu 7666 Blog post 3
Kerry Wright EDU7666 Journal Entries Blog 3 Dr. Signer
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On 10/25 there was a topic on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards under elementary education. One teacher was having difficulty managing her class. This teacher noticed that another teacher in her school allowed for 30 minutes of free daily. If any students misbehaved time was taken away from that students’ free time. The teacher that started this discussion posted a question on the discussion board to see if other teachers agree because he/she was concerned about time constraints.
Other teachers responded with positive feedback for this approach. However one teacher described her free time as choice time for the students to go to different centers. This teacher used the strategy to work with students that needed extra help. She did not use it as a way to modify behaviors.
Overall the discussion supported the idea of more creative free time in order to modify bad behaviors, increase creativity and work more with students. However, the discussion did not answer the problem of scheduling.
Questions I posed with responses
When I read this topic, it reminded me of the problems I have with the noise level in my class during centers. I believe there should be more center/free time for students. But, when I implement the centers, I find the noise level in the class gets out of control. I posed my problem in my response and one of the teachers gave me a great suggestion. The teacher said that she has a quiet time in class so that the students can here the noise level of the other classes. The teacher then discusses how the quality of classroom changes with a high noise level. The class understands so much that the students will remind each other if it gets too loud.
I really like this approach to handle the noise level in the classroom. It allows the students to understand the impact of their behaviors.
Responses to other questions
I choose to join in this discussion because I am interesting in improving my classroom management skills and I felt the topic would lead to good ideas. I feel it is important to have order in the class but not jeopardize creativity or other learning. I use small group reading time and I wanted to hear how to manage the time better rather then correcting students.
Topic Heading
On 10/25 there was a topic on the discussion boards under the Teacher.net, chat boards under elementary education. One teacher was having difficulty managing her class. This teacher noticed that another teacher in her school allowed for 30 minutes of free daily. If any students misbehaved time was taken away from that students’ free time. The teacher that started this discussion posted a question on the discussion board to see if other teachers agree because he/she was concerned about time constraints.
Other teachers responded with positive feedback for this approach. However one teacher described her free time as choice time for the students to go to different centers. This teacher used the strategy to work with students that needed extra help. She did not use it as a way to modify behaviors.
Overall the discussion supported the idea of more creative free time in order to modify bad behaviors, increase creativity and work more with students. However, the discussion did not answer the problem of scheduling.
Questions I posed with responses
When I read this topic, it reminded me of the problems I have with the noise level in my class during centers. I believe there should be more center/free time for students. But, when I implement the centers, I find the noise level in the class gets out of control. I posed my problem in my response and one of the teachers gave me a great suggestion. The teacher said that she has a quiet time in class so that the students can here the noise level of the other classes. The teacher then discusses how the quality of classroom changes with a high noise level. The class understands so much that the students will remind each other if it gets too loud.
I really like this approach to handle the noise level in the classroom. It allows the students to understand the impact of their behaviors.
Responses to other questions
I choose to join in this discussion because I am interesting in improving my classroom management skills and I felt the topic would lead to good ideas. I feel it is important to have order in the class but not jeopardize creativity or other learning. I use small group reading time and I wanted to hear how to manage the time better rather then correcting students.
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