During Mod 5 I really struggled with how to genuinely facilitate classroom interactions for exceptional students without singling them out or having the process seemed forced. Here is a collection of comments from my colleagues that I really enjoyed.
By Jennifer:
Compliments that are specific help students to recognize their strengths and feel confident in their abilities was a great strategy given to me by an associate teacher. She mentioned that general comments such as “good work or great start” were not as effective as something like “wonderful printing today or I like your creative idea of . . .”
By Femke:
I realized over this year that there is nothing more important than keeping your high expectations for everyone in your class. Kids know when you are taking it easy on them and it does not help them at all in the long run. They will either increase their learned helplessness or they will lose their interest in school because they feel they are under challenged or their ideas are under appreciated.
By Stephen:
Create a peer mentor group. During one of my placements the entire class participated in this. Each student had another peer mentor who was responsible for copying down homework and assisting their partner catch up with missed work when they are absence. This could be a useful strategy and not make the student with the exceptionality feel like they are receiving individual attention.
Great Resource from Anne: www.jigsaw.org/steps.htm
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