After viewing the first half of this video, please choose one of the following topics discussed and share about how you can change what you are doing in your class room to accommodate LD students:
-processing time:
-risk taking:
-effects of perception:
-reading comprehension:
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When I was in college, I heard about the “Ask, Pause, Call” technique. The teacher asks a question, pauses to give students an opportunity to process the question and formulate an answer, and calls on a student to share his or her answer. Unfortunately, despite my knowledge of this strategy, I don’t usually pause long enough. I tend to hesitate briefly, so I need to work on pausing longer so all of my students have an opportunity to process.
ReplyDeleteIt is always nice to be reminded of how "special" our students with learning disabilities are. The film does a good job of getting us refocused on individualized instruction.
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ReplyDeleteThe part that stood out to me most was the fact that knowing all the vocabulary in a given text does not guarantee comprehension. I found that out early on in my first assignment out of college. I came in prepared with lists that had all the words a child should know at a given grade-level and drilled each one until they new all their words. To my disappointment, it did not have nearly the impact I expected.
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ReplyDeleteHeather, that is great idea for teachers to use to remember to pause, thanks for sharing. I think we all hate silent dead time but we need to allow students time to process. Bill these are special students that need teachers to recognize ways for them to be successful in the class room.
ReplyDeleteit was nice to be re-enforced about some of the things i do in class. as time goes by i have developed habits as a teacher....some good, some bad....but it was good to be reminded of why i do some of the things i do. such as repeating questions, pausing, etc. i often get excited about what i am teaching, and can talk at a breakneck pace because i am excited. it was great to remember that just because i am excited about something does not mean i can talk 100 mph. i hope everyone paid attention to the negative feedback vs positive. we often get caught up in pointing out the problems and totally forget to point out all of the positeve things going on. we have to remember that if our students are doing the bare minimum, that it may be more than they have ever done and we need to praise them for it. not artificial praise, but let them know we see the things they do right as well (even if it is the basics). we should be giving 10 "at a boys" for every one criticism. these kids (at least a lot of them) dont get any "good jobs" anywhere else....especially not at home. sometimes we forget to put ourselves in their shoes and what they deal with at home. i get jaded by my white middle class suburban upbringing and forget that i was blessed while these guys just hope to get through a day.
ReplyDeleteThe FAT City video...what an eye opener...I will be more patient with my kids when asking questions in class. We certainly do need to be reminded of these type things as teachers tend to "get in a rut" and think the way they are teaching is the best way.
ReplyDeleteThis video made me think about my class from the point of view of these students. Never assume they have prior knowledge. What may be obvious to me, isn't necessarily obvious to them. I will be more patient and allow more "thinking time" to process information.
ReplyDeleteWe had a professor in college that put super emphasis on wait time:
ReplyDeleteQuestion Wait Student Answer Wait Teacher Respond
Allowing the students to process the question and the answer provided by the student.
I thought the video was very informative. It's hard to see into a LD perspective when we are not LD students. Sometimes it's hard to remember what it's like to be a student at all much less being a student with an LD.
The video served as a great reminder that there are drastic variances of literacy skill sets in my students. Social Studies requires a literacy skill set that to be frank, most of my students don't have. I must continue to model the skills and techniques needed for successful reading comprehension in my classroom in order to ensure the development of these skills.
ReplyDeleteMy science classes are very bogged down in vocabulary that my students struggle with. The number of new words they must learn can overwhelm them. I do sometimes forget that the language of science can be like a foreign language to them. I saw the F.A.T. video very early in my teaching career and it did impact the way I respond to students. I do pause and wait for a response. I do use the technique of asking the question before calling the name out. I try to make sure all students are included. I make sure not to put those that struggle on the spot. I make sure to reinforce in a positive way every chance I get. I think seeing this video again reminds me of what I am doing in a positive way and what I yet need to work on.
ReplyDeleteMy mantra has been repeat, review,repeat in order for my students to assimilate the pertinent information in my lessons (standards). Perhaps because we are 50 + days into the year I'm not reinforcing as I once was. This part of the video helps with my self motivation and reminds me of the academic difficulties experienced by the MERIT population...
ReplyDeleteI appreciated the video and applied one of the strategies the following day. As I was introducing a new short story, I told the students to remember a particular literary term that I would ask them later in the class period. I went over it several times as I was talking. After a sufficient amount of time, I asked the defintion and everyone was able to give me a defintion and an example. It was exciting to feel and hear their success. I have used this strategy in the past, but not with such emphasis - it was rewarding.
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