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Reading Reaction #2

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

Directions:

1. Answer question #1. This question is required. Be prepared to share your response during SET-Up with the Learning Community.

2. Select 4 additional questions of interest from the menu below. For each question you select:

· Reflect and react to one or two points from the reading involving the question you chose.

· Describe how the text helps you to better understand the topic. What connection did you make to your professional setting?

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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 Reactions Components

Possible Points

Summary of the main points of the reading in (2 or 3 paragraphs).

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Reflection and Reaction to one or two points about the reading (3 or 4 paragraphs) which includes citations from the text.

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Connection: Describe how the text helps you to better understand the topic? What connection did you make to your professional setting?

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APA Format (Version 7)

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Reading Reaction is turned in by 9:59 AM EST of the due date.

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TOTAL

10 points

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