http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/11/07/i-notice/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:15:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/11/07/i-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-6913 Collette Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:48:08 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=6112#comment-6913 I think the movie is "Shall We Dance?" and she is exactly right. In college, my reading instruction professor taught us that as teachers we need to be "first-class noticers." I think the movie is “Shall We Dance?” and she is exactly right. In college, my reading instruction professor taught us that as teachers we need to be “first-class noticers.”

]]> http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/11/07/i-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-6878 Tsenala Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:46:42 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=6112#comment-6878 If we succeed, first of all, in really noticing our students, and then in letting them know that we have done, we're well on our way to helping them achieve their best. Noticing can be something as small as mentioning that important soccer match that was played last night to a kid you know loves the game, or referring to something that a particular student might have written about for homework or said in a long past discussion. I've seen in my own classroom (in Germany) what a difference being noticed makes in student motivation, confidence, and the all important willingness to take risks and extend themselves in their learning. Learning, whether in school, in our professional lives, or in life in general, is about stepping outside of our comfort zones to reach for something that is just barely out of reach. To take the risk, to make that step, we need the confidence to believe it is possible. Our students need teachers who notice them to build this confidence. Thanks for the quote. If we succeed, first of all, in really noticing our students, and then in letting them know that we have done, we’re well on our way to helping them achieve their best. Noticing can be something as small as mentioning that important soccer match that was played last night to a kid you know loves the game, or referring to something that a particular student might have written about for homework or said in a long past discussion. I’ve seen in my own classroom (in Germany) what a difference being noticed makes in student motivation, confidence, and the all important willingness to take risks and extend themselves in their learning. Learning, whether in school, in our professional lives, or in life in general, is about stepping outside of our comfort zones to reach for something that is just barely out of reach. To take the risk, to make that step, we need the confidence to believe it is possible. Our students need teachers who notice them to build this confidence. Thanks for the quote.

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