Teacher Talk

In Conclusion - Part 2

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How did you like participating in a blogging environment? Did reading other people's comments help you to reflect on what you had read or your own practice? Would you like to do another blog next year? If so do you have a book to recommend? Thank you to those who have taken this medium into the classroom to use with your students. I sincerely hope you have enjoyed the experience.

In Conclusion - Page 134

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Please write what you have learn from reading Teacher Talk. Has anything you read changed your practice in the classroom or how you speak to students?

Touch each other gently.

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Make a picture in your mind.

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I understand just how you feel.

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Say you're sorry.

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Is that a group question?

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Someone in your group knows.

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Ask three before me.

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Put your baseball cards away. It's time for math.

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My patience is running out.

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Always do your best.

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Stop daydreaming.

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What did you really want to tell her?

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I don't like what I just heard. If you're angry, tell me another way.

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I don't like what I just heard. If you're angry, tell me another way.

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Don't talk to me like that!

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Act your age

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You just lost ten minutes

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Inch by Inch

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Different people have different needs.

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Boys line up. Girls line up.

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Circle the two you like best.

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That's Not a Good Excuse

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That's Terrible

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I appreciate your efforts. Thanks.

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All your letters are right between the lines.

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You did a good job

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Some of us

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How can we see this differently?

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I'm tired of seeing you behave that way.

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I'm proud of you.

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It's easy.

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Act as if.

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This philosophy is one we have heard before, 21 Keys. Act as if is about doing. Once someone is doing something, we can help them. We can see if they are having problems, where there might be a way to lead them in the right direction. I liked how Moorman also brings it back to us as professionals.

What will you do?

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How can you both get what you want?

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Did you win?

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Tell me your side of it.

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Okay who did it?

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You sure are lucky.

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You always/never......

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You sure are persistent.

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There you go again

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This is going to be hard

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Do you want me to help or do you want more time?

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Hurry up.

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I want you to help me solve my problem.

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Every problem has a solution.

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I know you can handle it.

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Sounds like you have a problem.

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Why did you do that?

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Thank you for sharing that. It's not a choice.

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Please make a different choice

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Choose, decide, and pick

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If I were you...

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I don't want to hear any more tattling!

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Stop that noise and sit down.

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Where were you when I explained this?

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You're Late

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How would it change your day if your role were to elicit questions rather than ask them?

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I like the way Linda is sitting.

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Boy this is an interesting snippet. I know I frequently used this technique. This is the way we were taught. I think it was the only "discipline" idea the university gave me. I knew I was communicating with all the students who were not "sitting like Linda" but thought that was okay. I believed I was giving the message of what I expected and it worked in changing the behavior of others. As I think about it, it is not honest communication but rather manipulation. I like the "check yourself" statement much better. It allows the student to be in charge of their own behavior.

Check Yourself

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I started using this idea with my grandson. "Check yourself Will, are you using your inside voice?" I was amazed. He actually stopped what he was doing and looked up into the sky and said, "No, Nana. I am using my outside voice." My son was amazed. He started using the "Check Yourself" comment too.

Look at Andrew's Picture

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Interesting food for thought. Is there anyone who would like me to "show" your plan book at the next staff meeting?

Thank you for taking a risk

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I'd like to say "Thank YOU for taking a risk". Is this the first time you have blogged? After reading the snippet from Teacher Talk on page 14 and 15, I thought we, as a staff, should take a risk. I set up this blog (first time I have done this), so we can have a PLC of a different kind. I did not want to add more meetings to our already full plate so I decided we would do the book talk through a blog.

Please read all of the snippets from our book talk up to page 15 and then post a comment of your thoughts on what you read. If you are talking about a specific snippet, please title it by selecting "New Post" from the tool bar. Otherwise you can add a comment to one of the comments already posted.

Please invite your para to read the snippets too and invite them to participate on this blog. I think they may, if you invite them.

Each week we will read specific pages and respond on this blog.

This technology has many positive implications for you as a classroom teacher. The second question I'd like for you to comment on is: How might you use blogging with your students?