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This Teacher Asked: Children drop their folders in these boxes, and the teacher need deal only with those left in the first box; the children retrieve their folders as they leave for home. Or, of course, children simply do not bring their folders in when they have not read: either way, the teacher can keep a check on the frequency of the home reading sessions. You will also find it helpful to keep a record of what is happening from day to day, with notes on such commonly occurring contingencies as 'Joanne promised to bring book tomorrow', and Terry asked to keep book for a week'.
When asked what made it come out she thought for a while and thei. said that it came out because there was no gravity inside the circle, so the sound floated up. She obviously has some familiarity with the idea of gravity and weightlessness, but had incorrectly applied these ideas to a 'new' situation.
In another example where children are asked to give suggestions to explain phenomena that might be an example of an occurrence that could not be seen (Knaggs 1989, p. 27), Reception children were discussing plants and how they grow. When asked when he thought that plants grew, Donald said 'At night'.
After a few days the teacher noted that Eleanor was fairly comfortable in school and was happy to talk about the games she was playing. The teacher noted: 'Eleanor enthusiastically told me the names she had given to all the plastic play people/
After about a week Eleanor began to greet the teacher when they met in the morning and she usually had some news to report. The teacher felt that This teacher asked was a good sign that Eleanor was settling in well. |
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