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Reading Reaction #2

Assigned Reading: The Skillful Teacher, Chapters 15 & 16, pages 389-440

Directions:

1. Respond to the statement/question with the asterisk (*). This response is required. Be prepared to share your response during SET-UP with our Learning Community.

2. Select 4 additional statements/questions from the menu below and respond.

3. Use the Reading Reaction template to write your responses in a Microsoft Word. Each response should be between 250- 300 words.

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*Describe the repertoires for developing and maintaining positive teacher-student relationships.

1. Why do students more readily accept rules or (learning community standards) when they have a positive relationship with their teacher?

2. Examine the Eight Key Teacher Traits for Personal Relationship Building. Describe a teacher from your past who exhibited many of these traits, and how that influenced your learning.

3. Why is it important to re-establish contact after a disciplinary incident?

4. Review table 15.1, How Student Define Respect. Did any of these examples surprise you? Explain why.

5. Describe any connections that you see between the Community and Mutual Support (column 1 of figure 16.2) and the concept of a Learning Community.

6. Social skills must be explicitly taught. Describe the 5 steps required for teachers to support the transfer of these social skills in student’s daily lives.

7. Analyze the Five Beliefs That Underlie Risk Taking. Describe how positive beliefs impact risk-taking and learning and the importance of mindset regarding mistakes/errors.

8. Reflect upon the quote on page 434, “The construction of knowledge, which takes place through negotiation, depends on the redistribution of power from teachers to students”. Explain why this is a difficult concept for many teachers.

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Reading Reaction Grading

Reading Reaction

· Reading Response Clearly Articulated

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· Include Central Ideas Referenced from Text

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Reading

Reaction

#2

Assigned

Reading

:

The

Skillful

Teacher,

Chapters

15

&

16,

pages

389-440

Directions:

1.

Respond

to

the

statement/question

with

the

asterisk

(*).

This

response

is

required.

Be

prepared

to

share

your

response

during

SET-UP

with

our

Learning

Community.

2.

Select

4

additional

statements/questions

from

the

menu

below

and

respond.

3.

Use

the

Reading

Reaction

template

to

write

your

responses

in

a

Microsoft

Word.

Each

response

should

be

between

250-

300

words.

Menu:

*Describe

the

repertoires

for

developing

and

maintaining

positive

teacher-student

relationships.

1.

Why

do

students

more

readily

accept

rules

or

(learning

community

standards)

when

they

have

a

positive

relationship

with

their

teacher?

2.

Examine

the

Eight

Key

Teacher

Traits

for

Personal

Relationship

Building.

Describe

a

teacher

from

your

past

who

exhibited

many

of

these

traits,

and

how

that

influenced

your

learning.

3.

Why

is

it

important

to

re-

establish

contact

after

a

disciplinary

incident?

4.

Review

table

15.1,

How

Student

Define

Respect.

Did

any

of

these

examples

surprise

you?

Explain

why.

5.

Describe

any

connections

that

you

see

between

the

Community

and

Mutual

Support

(column

1

of

figure

16.2)

and

the

concept

of

a

Learning

Community.

6.

Social

skills

must

be

explicitly

taught.

Describe

the

5

steps

required

for

teachers

to

support

the

transfer

of

these

social

skills

in

student

s

daily

lives.

7.

Analyze

the

Five

Beliefs

That

Underlie

Risk

Taking.

Describe

how

positive

beliefs

impact

risk-taking

and

learning

and

the

importance

of

mindset

regarding

mistakes/errors.

8.

Reflect

upon

the

quote

on

page

434,

The

construction

of

knowledge,

which

takes

place

through

negotiation,

depends

on

the

redistribution

of

power

from

teachers

to

students

.

Explain

why

this

is

a

difficult

concept

for

many

teachers.