After reading chapters 1 - 4 in Tools for Teaching by Fred Jones, answer the following questions.
Remember to follow blog rules as you construct your answers (reference link to blog prompt and at least 2 additional different sources of media).
Chapter 1
According to Jones, what is the best way (3 steps) to give corrective feedback to a student who is stuck? Give an example of how you can do this with a student in your field site classroom. Write the dialogue of what you would say.
Look at the room arrangement in your field site classroom. What obstacle or obstacles prevent you from "working the crowd?" Describe how they hinder the teacher.
Chapter 4According to Jones, where should the teacher's desk go? Where would you position the teacher desk in your field site classroom? Why would you select that location? Give reasons supported in your reading.
I completely agree with this statement. If teachers don't show they mean business, they will be walked on my all o their students. I believe if a teacher teaches their expectations and prove they mean business from the very beginning, the students have no excuse to not follow directions.
ReplyDeletePraise, prompt, leave.
"Oh you have done great on this assignment up to this point. See how you did this, next you need to do this to complete this step. Ok now you try and I will be back if you need me."
In my field site classroom the biggest obstacle is chairs. The tables are all over the place and so are the children and their chairs. I have to weave in and around these obstacles just to get to one student, if i can even reach them in time.
I would move the teachers desk much closer to the students. This would not only help getting to students faster but it also creates a larger "green" zone. Being close to the students increases productivity and communication between the students and the teacher.