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Here are the answers for Chapter 7:
1. What is one of your 'most relied upon routines?
My most relied upon routine is counting down from 10 to 1. When I do that, my students know that I mean business and that they better be in their seats by the time I reach number 1. I have 2 other routines that I use and they just so happen to be freebies! Just click on their picture to download.
The first freebie is a set of desk citations I use to warn my clutterbugs that there desks, cubbies, or other areas need to be cleaned up. You can tell that this is one of the first products I made for Teachers Pay Teachers. I've come a long way, baby!!
The second freebie is a set of behavior punch cards that I use with my whole class. It is sort of a 'caught being good' reward system with those with all of the bees punched out by the end of the week earning a trip to the treasure box. Everybody needs some form of a paycheck, right?
2. What is a muscle memory routine?
It is a routine of some sort of action that imprints on the brain. The action of DOING it or SAYING it reinforces the behavior that we want.
It is a routine of some sort of action that imprints on the brain. The action of DOING it or SAYING it reinforces the behavior that we want.
3. Explain figure 7.1 on page 186.
Maddie recommends that we repeatedly expose our kids to behaviors or routines that we want by defining accepted behaviors and unacceptable behaviors. Role playing is perfect for this! She also recommends that we incorporate something 'bizarre' (for example, acting in a manner not expected) to help students remember what is expected. I do this in my classroom by wearing wacky 'reading hats' when I am teaching guided reading. Why my hat is on, I am NOT to be disturbed unless a student has one of the 4 B's: Blood, Bruising, Barfing, or Broken. I have an assortment of hats which range from a tiara that lights up to a sombrero and I even have a frog hat!!
Maddie recommends that we repeatedly expose our kids to behaviors or routines that we want by defining accepted behaviors and unacceptable behaviors. Role playing is perfect for this! She also recommends that we incorporate something 'bizarre' (for example, acting in a manner not expected) to help students remember what is expected. I do this in my classroom by wearing wacky 'reading hats' when I am teaching guided reading. Why my hat is on, I am NOT to be disturbed unless a student has one of the 4 B's: Blood, Bruising, Barfing, or Broken. I have an assortment of hats which range from a tiara that lights up to a sombrero and I even have a frog hat!!
4. How can you incorporate "hot or not" in your classroom?
I love the example of how to treat books and creating an anchor chart about this. I can see expanding the idea to apply it to grammar skills such as, "Is this a noun? Hot or Not". I think it would be a lot of fun!
I love the example of how to treat books and creating an anchor chart about this. I can see expanding the idea to apply it to grammar skills such as, "Is this a noun? Hot or Not". I think it would be a lot of fun!
5. Read through the routines on pages 192 to 205. Choose a routine you can use and summarize it!
Here are the questions for Chapters 8 and 9:
Chapter
8
1. What
is a pitfall you have faced in your classroom. How did you fix it?
2. Why do you want lessons to be bizarre?
3. How do you address pitfalls?
Chap 9
1. Share an 'aha' moment with us. We want to
learn from YOU!!
2. What is the difference between racetrack and
halftime conferences?
3. What is a grow goal? How can you manage them
in your classroom?
4. On pages 238-239, Maddie gives a format for
reteaching. Summarize the format.
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So many great book studies this summer! It looks like I'm behind on this one but I have to check out this book later, it sounds great! I love your hat idea too.
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Delete1. The most common pitfall in my classroom is frequently abandoned books. This drives me crazy. I talk about good choices and make sure you like it before taking it. Maddie Witter gives some great examples of how to get students to reconsider the book and to try it. I am definitely going to be trying those this year.
ReplyDelete2. Teachers want to make lessons bizarre so students will remember them.
Chp. 9
2. Halftime conferences is when you are addressing the whole class using a trend you saw the students demonstrate throughout the worktime. Racetrack conferences are individual conferences with as many students as possible to see if they understood the lesson.
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