Chapter+2+Reflections

1. How would you describe your classroom climate?

2. How do you encourage team building throughout the year?
 * structured
 * learning

3. What do you do to create an atmosphere where students can take intellectual risks in your classroom? 4. How do you create intellectual safety and prohibit ridicule, put-downs, and other negative responses in your classroom? 5. how much wait time do you allow for thinking and answering questions?
 * not as much as needed
 * use of Plan Do Study Act
 * document camera, students come up and do work with teacher as a resource
 * think ahead, I'm gonna call on you next be ready
 * phone a friend for help ( ask someone to help you with the work at the board)
 * structured discipline plan with natural consequences
 * asking student to apologize
 * immediate intervention

about 30 seconds up to 1 minute

6. What steps will you take to create an inclusive atmosphere where students feel safe and included? 7. How is "relaxed alterness" created? 8. How con you create "flow"?
 * communicate with students about what is going on for them to create a sense of trust
 * build relationships by knowing what they are interested in
 * firm discipline
 * open conversation
 * walk the room and have conversations with students
 * proximity control


 * structure
 * can you build on that statement?
 * would you like to add to that idea ?