I like the share idea, and I'm thinking how it will work with
adolescents. They are SO sensitive!
I know that expecting a student to keep another student on task does
not work for me. Even the best middle schooler wants to be like the
other kids and will easily be sucked into misbehavior or at best just
not participate. I have never been able to get the kids to bring each
other in line during work time.
Quoting [email protected]:
what I have found very helpful is to have a share afterward....
Then the kids usually secretly vote on the three shares that were the most
insightful and tell why....
I find this motivates most kids to keep on task... to do their work to the
best of their ability in hopes of earning some votes for themselves, ....
and..... for the kids who are not enticed..... the part where they choose a
friend's piece and tell why it is insightful to them personally is learning
task in itself.
If you keep the tallies of votes ...then you also have a valuable anecdote
for your records as well as the response to the task.
By the by .... the solution of having a share and vote was first proposed
to me by a first grader several years ago when I was on a rant in class
about kids not working during conference time....
In a message dated 1/1/2011 12:49:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I teach first grade, and I have tended to have similar issues. These are
some things I have tried.
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