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Re: Procedures - students asking for help?
Posted by my advice on 8/16/08
Amy, my advice is to read Dr. Fred Jones's advice on dealing
with "Helpless Hand Raisers" and see if it applies to your
situation. Fred's book is "Tools for Teaching," and he has a web
site. Good luck!
On 8/14/08, Amy to DL wrote:
> It's true that on the first day, I could just make a really big
> deal out of not holding your hand in the air and screaming my
> name. It could be an exercise in self control.
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> I am just trying to think of a way to protect myself as a first
> year teacher, from a classroom full of screaming children. I
> have been reading up on classroom control, and have worked on it
> here and there in my previous experiences with children... but
> I've never had a classroom of my own to handle, so I am trying
> to prepare as much as possible.
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> On 8/14/08, DL wrote:
>> I am in a similar situation. I am a middle school band
>> teacher and will seeing all of my students for 50 minutes
>> every other day.
>>
>> Questions were a big problem for me last year, especially
>> with the beginning sixth graders. Kids that age just love
>> asking questions. Depending on what elementary school they
>> came from, reading music and playing an instrument is a
>> totally foreign experience.
>>
>> After I noticed that this was a problem, I explained to
>> students that raising their hands and saying my name is just
>> as bad as not raising your hand at all. Hopefully, me
>> explaining that on the FIRST DAY will prevent that from
>> happening. I believe that if I explain the hand raising
>> procedure and go over appropriate and inappropriate ways to
>> ask questions, I may have less problems with it in the
>> future.
>>
>> I know of some band teachers who have a policy of two or
>> three questions per day with their beginners.
>>
>> Although I won't be doing the Power Teaching method per se
>> (search for it on YouTube), I do like the idea of having
>> students briefly explain segments of the lesson to each
>> other after I teach it to reinforce understanding. There will
>> always be students that will get it the first time, and
they
>> may be able to explain some concepts to other students in
>> ways they can understand (and better than we can). That may
>> cut down on questions they are asking you later on when they
>> are working independently on assignments.
>>
>>
>> On 8/13/08, Amy wrote:
>>> I am a first year teacher, and I would like to implement
>>> procedures into my classroom. Right now, I am trying to
>>> think of the least chaotic way to have my middle school
>>> students ask for help when they are working independently.
>>> I was planning on having them raise their hands, and wait
>>> until I am able to help them. I am thinking this may not be
>>> the best option, as I have observed them (in their summer
>>> school classes) sitting in their seats yelling "MISS!
>>> MISS!" at the teacher, until she has finished working with
>>> the other students who asked for help first. This is not
>>> something I want happening in my classroom, as I imagine it
>>> could get out of hand very easily.
>>>
>>> I should note that this is a middle school general music
>>> class. This implies a couple of things. First, I will have
>>> a different group of students each period. I will see each
>>> group for 45 minutes, twice a week. Second, there will
>>> eventually be classroom instruments involved (keyboards,
>>> bells, and drums) Due to special circumstances however, my
>>> class size will never exceed 12 students (with an aide)
>>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/13/08, by Amy.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/13/08, by KL2IL.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/14/08, by DL.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help? , 8/14/08, by Amy to DL.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/14/08, by Amy to KL2IL.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/14/08, by Melissa.
- Re: Amy, looking at the big picture, why the students are needy, 8/14/08, by marjoryt.
- Re: Amy, looking at the big picture, why the students are ne, 8/15/08, by Amy to marjoryt.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/15/08, by KB.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help? , 8/16/08, by my advice.
- Re: Procedures - students asking for help?, 8/17/08, by jess.
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