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Re: Procedures - students asking for help?
Posted by jess on 8/17/08
What about "ask 3 before me?"
Students need to ask 3 of their peers for assistance before
they ask you. This helps empower them, teaches social skills
and independence.
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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