Thursday, 21 February 2013

February 20, 2013


PLC Notes
February 20, 2013
Derek, Cheryl, Harjyote

·      How do we keep students motivated during centers?
o   Immediate rewards
o   Loss of other activities until work is complete
o   What is it that is keeping them from doing any work?
§  How can we change what his reactions to the work?
§  Focus on success
§  Success plan
·      If you do this you will see successes
§  Finding his motivation
§  Find what is setting them off
§  Pick and choose, so that they have control over what they are doing.
·      How do we keep students accountable for centers?
o   Have very clear and concise expectations laid out for them


·      How do we manage transitions to make them better for those students who have difficulty with them?
o   During centers
§  Stop and clean up center, heads down at the desk, and then students move to new center
§  Only moving the students who are off task after 20 minutes to the next center, leaving the ones that are focused to complete their work.
§  The Daily Five: read to self, read to others, Listen to others, word work, and work on writing.  Also incorporate work on math. 
§  Pick and choose for center work, instead.
§  Timing the transitions, to occur during natural breaks.
                       

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