{"id":2044,"date":"2019-08-25T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2019-10-14T12:09:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T12:09:19","slug":"improving-teacher-student-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2019\/08\/25\/improving-teacher-student-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Teacher-Student Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few reminders when talking with a class of students.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use students names when calling on them. Mention the name first if you feel the student called on isn&#8217;t paying attention.<\/li>\n<li>Use positive language as well as polite manners (Please and thank you go a long way to creating good rapport.).<\/li>\n<li>Keep directions as simple as possible. You can add details for later parts of a task later on, closer to the time the students need them. Remember, most children can remember 1-2 directions and adults top out at 3-4 so, K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Sweetie!)<\/li>\n<li>Model your expectations and details in directions. Many students are visual learners.<\/li>\n<li>Allow students to ask questions before work begins on tasks and then 5-minutes into the task. Often they find questions once they begin their tasks. It may help check their understanding and keep them on target.<\/li>\n<li>Ask open-ended questions.<\/li>\n<li>Use wait time when taking answers to question you ask. it gives students time to think of their BEST answer rather than responding with their first one.<\/li>\n<li>Be available for private 1:1 conversations during work time. Ask students to tell you what they understand about the task <em>before<\/em> you jump in to assist them.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your talking to the entire class to a minimum while they work. Many need quiet work time.<\/li>\n<li>Announce the end of the work time 5 minutes <em>before<\/em> the true end. It gives them time to finish up, check their work, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few reminders when talking with a class of students. Use students names when calling on them. Mention the name first if you feel the student called on isn&#8217;t paying attention. Use positive language as well as polite manners (Please and thank you go a long way to creating good rapport.). Keep directions\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2019\/08\/25\/improving-teacher-student-communication\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,20,32,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classroom-tips","category-engaging-students","category-general-thoughts","category-expectations-misbehavior-communication-clarifying-monitoring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2044"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2044\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}