Response (admittedly not the most effective): "Don't let me see that again..." He put it away and we moved on. There was no time to rethink my response or waste time distracting the class from the lesson... Clearly they were not all as engaged in the discussion as I thought, afterall. Haha. I guess I'll have to be better on my toes next time.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Seriously?
My 7th graders this year are incredibly respectful and generally VERY well behaved. Earlier this week, one student surprised me with this:
Response (admittedly not the most effective): "Don't let me see that again..." He put it away and we moved on. There was no time to rethink my response or waste time distracting the class from the lesson... Clearly they were not all as engaged in the discussion as I thought, afterall. Haha. I guess I'll have to be better on my toes next time.
Response (admittedly not the most effective): "Don't let me see that again..." He put it away and we moved on. There was no time to rethink my response or waste time distracting the class from the lesson... Clearly they were not all as engaged in the discussion as I thought, afterall. Haha. I guess I'll have to be better on my toes next time.
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ah haha! at least he was awake, which is more than i can say for my students. :P
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