Elementary Classroom Strategies
The article I chose was Classroom Strategies for Elementary Teachers. This article was focused on some things that haven’t really crossed my mind yet. When I think of classroom management I always thought about rules or how I would make my students behave in the classroom. When I scanned over the first few sentences I knew I needed to read it. I think Pappalardo (2011) was right when he said teachers struggle with trying to figure out the students who are really sick and who are just pretending. As I got farther into the article more I really started thinking about what I would do in certain situations. Situations like if a student says they aren’t feeling well or that there stomach is hurting. Two things that I found important was what do
you do in situation where students are feeling ill and advice on what to do when students get done with their work early. These are important to me because I don’t want my students thinking they “trick” me into them being sick when they really aren’t. Pappalardo (2011) gave some good examples, “Foot pain, leg pain, arm pain (without swelling)” = "If it hurts, don't move it." “Stomach hurts either before or after lunch = "You're hungry." Or, "You just ran around with a full belly. It will go away.” (paragraph 9,10) I felt like he covered the basic questions that students try to ask just to get out of work and as a future teacher it really help sort out the “fakers” from the sick ones. I have to agree with Pappalardo (2011) when he talked about student behavior after they are done with work. He also discusses about having a back up plan and thus far in all of classes I have been taught to not just let students sit there with nothing to do when they complete an assignment. I feel that a teacher that is well prepared with other things for students to do once they finish will not have to worry with behavioral issues. Overall this was a great article because it really made me think of these disruptions happening in my classroom and what I am going to do to prevent them.
you do in situation where students are feeling ill and advice on what to do when students get done with their work early. These are important to me because I don’t want my students thinking they “trick” me into them being sick when they really aren’t. Pappalardo (2011) gave some good examples, “Foot pain, leg pain, arm pain (without swelling)” = "If it hurts, don't move it." “Stomach hurts either before or after lunch = "You're hungry." Or, "You just ran around with a full belly. It will go away.” (paragraph 9,10) I felt like he covered the basic questions that students try to ask just to get out of work and as a future teacher it really help sort out the “fakers” from the sick ones. I have to agree with Pappalardo (2011) when he talked about student behavior after they are done with work. He also discusses about having a back up plan and thus far in all of classes I have been taught to not just let students sit there with nothing to do when they complete an assignment. I feel that a teacher that is well prepared with other things for students to do once they finish will not have to worry with behavioral issues. Overall this was a great article because it really made me think of these disruptions happening in my classroom and what I am going to do to prevent them.