Reading.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 426.

Read the article. What precautions are important according to the article? Find clue words. Which of them have you mentioned in your mind map?

o Don't walk away from the student as you deliver your warning. It will be interpreted as weakness. Literally stand your ground as you metaphorically do the same.

o Do not scream at a student. Yelling at members of your class severely limits the way they can respond to you. Basically, it gives them two options: stand their ground and get in worse trouble or submit and lose face with their peers. If you don't want the student to yell and be disrespectful to you, then act in kind.

o Do not invade a child's personal space during a reprimand. Doing so belittles the student and may stimulate a knee-jerk reaction by the student that makes things worse. Select a position in the classroom where you can deliver your verbal warning shot so that everyone (especially the offending student) can see and hear you clearly. If, even for a moment, a child feels you are a physical threat, your actions become indefensible to parents and the administration.

o Reprimand the student immediately and by name. Do not wait until the end of class and say, “I saw some people copying off each other's work, and I want you to know that's against the rules.” Stop what you are doing, look directly into the eyes of the offending student, describe the disruptive behavior, describe acceptable behavior, refer to the class rules, and announce this event as a verbal warning. For instance, you could say “John, stop copying off of Megan's paper. You know that's unacceptable behavior. This is not a group project, so you have no business looking at anyone's paper but your own. I don't want to see you, or anyone else in this room, with eyes pointed anywhere but straight at your own desks. Understood?”

From: http://www.abcte.org/files/previews/preptoteach/s5_p5.html