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When Students Say No
What do you do when students misbehave or just say no to you? Some teachers find that thinking through some strategies is a good way to prevent small classroom problems from becoming bigger problems. Consider the following scenario: While you are reading a story to the class, a student is intentionally defying your repeated requests to be quiet. How do you control your emotions in this situation? What will you do? Write down some different strategies that might work
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Community Creativity Resources
Conduct a brainstorming session with your colleagues to come up with a list of community resources that are most likely to stimulate students’ creativity. Consider students at the kindergarten, elementary-school, intermediate-grade, and high-school levels. Discuss strategies for using each of these resources in the classroom.
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A Response Scenario
You are generally a lighthearted and jovial teacher who uses humour to help spark and maintain student interest. In a lunchroom conversation with another teacher, it is suggested that your personality would not fit with the serious nature of teaching science and math. How would you respond? Write a short essay on the role of teaching style on student learning; include this essay in your portfolio.





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