My advice is simple: Have fun! They will, too. If they start to walk all over you, it will no longer be fun, and then you'll address it.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jennifer Walkuski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello to all Members, > > My name is Jen and I am new to the site and this is my first posting. Here > is one of the questions that I would like to present to this group. I > pre-student taught in a first grade classroom last semester and keeping them > in a low-risk environment was easy because everyone wanted to talk and > answer questions. Next semester I will be in a fifth grade classroom; this > is my question how can I keep the class in a low-risk environment? I want > them to feel comfortable to answer questions in class without worrying that > they could be wrong. I also want them to be comfortable with me to talk to > about everything but I do not want them to walk all over me at the same > time? > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
