Re: In Class Participation

Ron

Posted on 6/19/09

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Dear James,

Thank you for this helpful advice. I am a novice teacher and I
appreciate learning from more experienced teachers.

Ron

On 6/19/09, James in Belgium wrote:
> On 6/18/09, Ron wrote:
>> I am looking for advice concerning tracking daily in-class
>> participation. I am interested in procedures for observing
>> and recording daily participation.
>>
>> I appreciate whatever advice you might offer.
>
> In 24 years of teaching, I have never given grades for
> participation in levels 1-3. It is expected that all students
> will participate.
>
> I am using Discovering French for 10 years now. The students
> are engaged every day in mini-dialogues. For these activities
> and the few wrtten ones that we do in class, I am constantly
> observing, walking around and keep an ear open to students
> across the room.
>
> To start class, a quick homework check of completed (to best
> of student abiltiy or NOT! O or 1. (Not in class, at home,
> forgot back side, didn't finish what was started in class =
> zéro.) Then a review of the correct responses, either in
> groups, teacher to student or teacher to class.
>
>

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