Student Encouragement


Describe a time your cooperative teacher has offered choice to students.

the first grade teacher I observe does something called centers with her kids. This allows them to choose which activity they will do and when. the kids get to collect a colored stick at the completion of an activity and try their hardest to collect as many sticks as possible. I love that the students get to pick because it makes them so excited to do the activities even if they are related to math or spelling. 

What does the cooperative teacher do to encourage a positive classroom community?  
a sixth grade teacher I observe treats the class as a team and encourages them to work well together. during the first few weeks of school she kept the whole class in from recess to help them understand what they had done wrong and then encouraged them to do better. the whole time she was reassuring them that the would rather be with them then anywhere else. that she knew they could do so much better. encouraging them to build a strong classroom relationship like in the video where they encouraged students to share how they are feeling to strengthen classroom relations.

 What clear routines are established in the classroom?  How do they support a productive learning environment?
One teacher starts off the class with a quote and helps the class to analyze the meaning behind it. he then watches a 10 minute classroom friendly news clip. they then begin to do math. I find the routine helps the kids focus in class and makes them excited to come into class each morning. much like the feeling sharing at the carpet all students walk into class and know to immediately start reading the quote of the day on the board. and begin to try and think about it in a meaningful way. they then decided how the principle behind the quote can help them as a class and as individuals.

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