Be yourself, laugh at your own mistakes, encourage and appreciate questions, show how they are helping you to learn as you help them to learn, enjoy their lovely personalities. I've been teaching fifth for three years now. It is a wonderful age! Maura 5/NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverlee Paul" <[email protected]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 6:29:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] mosaic question
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. _______________________________________________ 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.
