Assignment 2
Recall the strategy you chose to
implement in your classroom and consider the following guiding questions:
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What
strategy did you chose to implement?
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What
was your experience with the strategy?
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How
did your students respond to the strategy?
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What
went well?
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How
might you do things differently in the future?
àPost a “Comment” based on your
response to one of more of the guiding questions
àPost a “Reply” to a “Comment” posted
by 2 different peers
Providing feedback
ReplyDeleteI believe providing feedback is important in student's learning, since they can all be engaged and encouraged to talk about their experiences.
DeleteI agree with you, Ms. Acosta. Providing immediate feedback to students validates what they are saying and helps them to extend their conversations. It also shows students that you are attentive and interested in what they are saying.
DeleteAgree! I like to include that when you make the student feel successful, regardless if they have the correct answer or not, makes them feel accomplished and more apt to try again in the future.
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ReplyDeleteProviding feedback
ReplyDeleteEncourage their effort
ReplyDeleteHow did you encourage them?
DeleteThat is a great question. It does depend on each student I believe and what will work for them.
DeleteProviding feedback
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of feedback did you give?
DeleteFostering children's thinking
ReplyDeleteProviding feedback
ReplyDeleteHow will you provide feedback to your students and what will it look like?
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ReplyDeleteI agree, providing feedback
DeleteProviding feedback is a good way to show students, that you are paying attention, listening and focusing on them. It can also be that they completed or created something and want to demonstrate it or receive feedback. Providing feedback is acknowledging the students.
DeleteProviding feedback
ReplyDeleteHow will you provide feedback to your students and what will it look like?
DeleteI used encouraging their efforts stategy in my whole group lesson. It worked very well, as I went around to “encourage” some of my students when I saw they may give up or when they verbally said they couldn’t do it. We were using scissors and trying to cut on the three zigzag lines.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great idea. I feel like our students are much more likely to try their best to complete tasks when they feel encouraged and know that their effort is showing. I think that encouragement helps reduce negative behaviors because it helps to build such a positive atmosphere. Thanks for sharing.
DeleteThat is a great idea! I worked one on one with one of my students who was having difficulty ordering his numbers to create a puzzle (picture) he was a little frustrated but I sat with him and encouraged his efforts. He completed three puzzles and was excited when he finished. He was so happy he hugged me 😍
DeleteProviding Feedback. Sometimes in the cafeteria we talk about the foods on our tray. I would asked them "what is this that I am holding?" The students will tell me the name of the food, then we would talk about its texture, color, and even which food group is belongs to. This is how I get the students to learn about their foods and engage in conversation. It works well in the cafeteria, since all the students are actively participating.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great way to engage with students during lunch.
DeleteThat is a great way to engage with students during lunch. They can also use that skill when they go home to their parents.
DeleteEncouraging student's efforts. I use this strategy for our journal time. I encourage the students to try their best to draw the pictures that begins with each letter.
ReplyDeleteGreat creative expression and use of feedback!
DeleteAs a student, this would have helped me a lot. I always struggled with drawing things in my journal because I wanted things to be perfect, even when I was in preschool. I think you are creating a positive environment that shows if they try their best, you will recognize that effort.
DeleteI do the same thing Ms. Alukal. When I’m drawing pictures for my circle map on the lette of the week, l tell my students that I can’t draw that well but that I am going to try my best to draw it. When they hear me say this, it helps them when it’s journal time when they have to draw pictures themselves.
DeleteMy strategy would be to encourage efforts. I will implement this strategy in pretty much every area of the day, especially during whole group lessons/circle time as well as during center time/small group. I will encourage my students' efforts when they are trying new things that they feel discouraged about or are not achieving it the way they want to. I tell them, as long as they try their best, they can do it. I will also verbally and expressively show my enthusiasm when I see them trying and pushing through that fear barrier.
ReplyDeleteI chose to work on interpreting and elaborating on what the students say in our classroom, rather than saying simple praises like "good job." I have also started asking why more often. My students will typically give a basic response to questions, now I am asking them why or how they have come up with the response they came up with and they are being pushed to extend their thinking. My students have responded well. I have a couple of nonverbal/limited verbal students and they are hearing so many modeled and repeated responses so they are beginning to try to use more words to try to express themselves. I have found that my students who are verbal and want to share frequently are beginning to use complete sentences and they are connecting specific phrases to different comprehension skills or activities that we work on frequently within our classroom.
ReplyDeleteI believe we learn as we go. We also learn a lot from children. Ever child learns differently, therefore we have to use strategies that will work for each one. Yes your right Mrs. Cooper we have those children that are shy and don't really respond and are learning to use 3 to 4 word sentences. It's our job to provide those opportunities for them to participate in our activities or discussions.
DeleteI provide positive feedback . Instead of saying no to the child with their answer I ask them why they think their answers that answer. I got either thinking silver their answers are correct with positive responses .
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way. I don't say "no" but instead ask why they chose that answer and I explain why their answer is incorrect and encourage them to try again.
DeleteI try my best not to say “No” when giving feedback to my students as well. Instead, I say “Good try” if they are not giving me a response that I’m quite looking for and I explain why or why not that answer maybe not be correct.
DeleteI have caught myself when I am in a time crunch, I say "No"...and ask if a friend can help but I really like how you explain to them why their answer is wrong and explaining what the right answer is.
DeleteI like to tell them I like how they came to that answer and guide them. They do respond better to this than a simple "no".
DeleteI like how you said you guide them. I think "NO" to children really does mean much to them.
DeleteI chose encouraging student efforts. I like to give my students a lot of opportunities in class to tackle challenging activities and sometimes they have a difficult time finding a solution or completing the task. I provide a lot of encourage and scaffolding and the students respond very well. Especially when the class gives them a round of applause once they figure out a solution.
ReplyDeleteI chose to foster my children’s thinking skills by asking how and why questions and asking prediction questions during my interactive read alouds. When I read books, I try asking higher order thinking questions that are open-ended to create more conversation between the students and myself. This gives me more of an opportunity to engage in back-and-forth exchanges. I have a few children who are able to answer higher order thinking questions, and I think they will help the other children who have a more difficult time answering questions by just listening to our conversations.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with this process and you give them those opportunities to think outside the box. (seen it with my own eyes!)
DeleteI think for my class it would be Encouraging students efforts. Besides positive feedback and words of affirmation or validation. Giving them that heart to heart conversation telling them that you care about them and that you want to see them complete the task. Many students come from a multi-family household and I think may not get that one on one with another adult. At times they just want someone to listen.
ReplyDeleteWords of affirmation are good. It is always exciting to hear from your teacher that your efforts are recognized. I know on a personal level, when I hear that I am doing a good job at whatever, I am more likely to do it again and possibly better the second time around.
DeleteI provide lots of open-ended questions when children don't know the answer or are not familiar with what we are talking about I still let them know that they are close to getting the answer correct. When students struggle they rather give up, but when I let them know that they can do it this allows them to at least want to try.
ReplyDeleteI struggle with this too with my own children. I have to hold back and let them answer. it's so easy to just give them teh answer however they wont learn that skill. I only have two kids so I cannot even imagine having to guide so many. Hats off to you! Great job.
DeleteOpen ended questions promote meta-cognition skills and blooms taxonomy. It is a good way for them to express themselves and allow them to gain confidence. Motivation, comfort and participation will increase to learning and lead them to be independent thinkers.
DeleteI have been telling the children what they are doing well instead of just saying "good job". I think it is helping them remember what we expect of them. I am also doing a better job of telling the children what we are learning and why. I'm not sure if that's helping all of my students but I can tell that many of the children do understand this.
ReplyDeleteDont' worry Ms. Riggs, I think we can all relate to this sometimes. I am surprised sometimes when we reflect a day later and they do recall! Every effort is appreciated by the kiddos. We just have to be patient with our little sponges and know they are soaking up all they can at their own pace :)
DeleteI chose to provide immediate feedback. Not only, immediate but meaningful. Sometimes we are in a rush to get things done or stay on task, we forget that these experiences do provide students with opportunities to ask questions and get excited about topics. So, I try to use more open ended questions. Some students still are very shy so I like to relate to what they like to get them to open up.
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ReplyDeleteProviding feedback from listen or asking open ended questions, etc. It is good to demonstrate the feedback if possible. It can show them responsibility and can be used as a teaching moment. Students gain confidence and trust when they are working and completing a task. They take on the role and others may learn from the example. Praise, applause, or a high 5, etc., can increase their motivation and eagerness to learn and can be accomplished by acknowledging the students.
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