though we were pleased that the students were making connections, we were also happy that they built on one another's responses, demonstrated lis tening behaviors, and referred back to one another's comments. T
communication is a huge part of learning and a focus for literature circles. students must have a good communication skill base for the suture and a literature circle is an effective way to build that and learn as well.
t helps us get to know each other and see what we have in common." Jennifer and I hoped these seedlings we planted would grow into better group relationships
yes! student to student interaction is so important! this opens their eyes to new possibilities and interests that they may not think of on their own.
the harmful practice of grouping children by ability for reading instruction is avoided.
I can say that I agree. we should not create any reason for students to feel superior over other students. This also may cause the students in the lower level group to feel ashamed or unmotivated.
o talking during the first 10 minutes of SSR each day, during the Reading Workshop (RW) students must read, respond to reading, or update their personal reading re cords, no talking is permitted during the RW except in meetings of literature re sponse groups, RW time is not for completing home work or other school work, reading time and title logs must be up dated at the end of each RW period, restroom or drinking breaks are not permitted during the RW time except in case of emergencies, students are not permitted to disturb or interrupt a sched
hm, interesting. This is a good plan to keep students from getting distracted and stay focused on what they are reading. I recall having similar rules in elementary school and have seen such rules in my field work.
2). Know your stu- dents' worlds because it is through their stories that you will under- stand the best way to te
This is my favorite sentence from the whole article and really captures what this is all about. As teachers, we are going to encounter many students who are different from us and we need to be willing to learn and incorporate them and their backgrounds into our lessons. If someone is not open minded and ready to make every child feel cared for an important than teaching is the wrong profession for them.
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This sentence stuck out to me, as I believe that teachers need to be open minded and accepting. A teacher needs to be willing and allow their students to teach and push them.