This is something I struggle with. Instead of saying "that's wrong" I try to ask if anyone else has another answer, even if the response is correct. Sometimes my students are confused by this, though. It seems they are accustomed to the teacher acknowledging correct responses and moving on. I explain to them that although the correct answer was given, I want to see what everyone is thinking. With last year's class it worked, with the year before sometimes the kids would get waaaay off track. This is something I need to work on getting the language down right so I get thoughtful responses, even if they are incorrect.
Joy/NC/4 How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org --- On Sun, 6/22/08, Wontrop, Darlene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Wontrop, Darlene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Understand] more on chapter six To: "Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension"" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 5:04 PM Does anyone remember Roger Farr saying that it seems children go from "thinkers in Kindergarten to stinkers in 5th grade" ? I truly believe that we don't allow children the freedom to be divergent thinkers... thinking outside the box is prohibited by many. And if the answer a child gives isn't specifically what teachers (myself included) think it should be, we don't accept it, we say it's wrong. After a few times, a child begins to be quiet, stops volunteering and maybe even stops thinking because so many times he/she has been told, "That's wrong!" Darlene Wontrop Reading Specialist JVES - Jarrettsville Elementary JRead! Read! Read! "There is more treasure in books than in all of the pirate's loot on Treasure Island..." Walt Disney ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 6/22/2008 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Understand] more on chapter six Maybe, just maybe...there is a strong tie between the 'Fourth grade slump' and the age at which we have schooled out all the curiosity of early childhood... Jennifer In a message dated 6/22/2008 8:58:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And I would add to Beverlee's "HURRYING!!!"... hurrying through a reading series that offers no choice in reading selections; is not at all challenging for some students and too challenging for others; and finally spending way too much time assessing using poorly constructed instruments that reveal minimal information about a child's thinking. As a result the child has little investment in his/her learning; thus,it appears that his/her curiosity is lost. I think it's like a muscle that doesn't get used; it atrophies. Cheri **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org_______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
