How many of your students follow a direction you give in your classroom? 50 percent? 75 percent? Is that OK with you? Why not 100 percent every time?There’s on one suitable percentage of students following a direction given in your classroom: 100 Percent. If you are not achieving this, you make your teaching authority subject to interpretation, situation, and motivation. Students may have cause to ask themselves: “Did she mean that? For everyone? Do I feel like going along with her today?”
Let's look at a situation. Anita walks into her classroom and raises her hand which is the signal for getting quiet. About 75 percent of the class quiets down. Should Anita proceed?
I hope you answered "NO." The expectation is that all students do what you say everytime.
With that said, ALL STUDENTS should also answer ALL QUESTIONS or in other words EVERYONE DOES EVERYTHING! When you ask Little Johnny what the answer is....how do you also know that Suzy in the back got that answer too. Did you check? Shouldn't they all answer? Situation..."Johnny what was the answer to #3?" Johnny says, "74." Suzy,
"What was the answer?" Suzy says, "74." "Class, the answer to #3 was what?" Class responds..."74!" Everyone did the answer and we know that everyone knows.
"What was the answer?" Suzy says, "74." "Class, the answer to #3 was what?" Class responds..."74!" Everyone did the answer and we know that everyone knows.
Check out this teacher who gets all students answering: http://vimeopro.com/inghamisd/teachers-learning-together/video/72430237
Videos to check out!:
Truly Amazing Teacher (10 min)
100% Technique (2 min)
Total Physical Response (4 min)
Nov 20: Rural PLC
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Feb 26-27 K and Early Literacy Summit
April 10--Harney County Tech Conference 2015 @ BHS
Feb 26-27 K and Early Literacy Summit
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