The power of our words teacher language that helps children learn /
From the Publisher: This book, by an author with more than twenty years of experience teaching children and educators, will help you recognize the influence your words have on the children you teach. It will show you how to use language more skillfully, building a classroom where students feel safe...
| Main Author: | Denton, Paula. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Turners Falls, MA :
Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
172 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1: General guidelines for teacher language
- 2: Envisioning: language as a spyglass
- 3: Open-ended questions: stretching children's academic and social learning
- 4: Listening: understanding the message in the words
- 5: Reinforcing language: seeing children and naming their strengths
- 6: Reminding language: helping students remember expectations
- 7: Redirecting language: giving clear commands when children have gone off track
- Epilogue: Putting it all together
- Appendix A: Examples of effective teacher language
- Appendix B: Process of developing more effective teacher language.
- Introduction
- 1:
- General guidelines for teacher language
- 2:
- Envisioning: language as a spyglass
- 3:
- Open-ended questions: stretching children's academic and social learning
- 4:
- Listening: understanding the message in the words
- 5:
- Reinforcing language: seeing children and naming their strengths
- 6:
- Reminding language: helping students remember expectations
- 7:
- Redirecting language: giving clear commands when children have gone off track
- Epilogue: Putting it all together
- Appendix A: Examples of effective teacher language
- Appendix B: Process of developing more effective teacher language.