Classroom Walk-Throughs | Show Your Strengths | Kathleen Jasper

[@sethgordon2003]

How about leaving 1 or 2 minutes before the bell rings to give students time to pack up? My school prohibits students from bringing backpacks to class, so they have 5 periods worth of stuff with them. It's not optimal to wait until the bell rings to stop instruction, have kids replace their workbooks, classroom materials, etc, and then have them pack up. They only have 4 minutes between classes, so I want them to be ready to go (and my classroom ready for the next period) before the bell rings.

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

A min or 2 is fine. I was referencing the 5-10 min teachers sometimes give students. That’s too much. But certainly they need a little time to pack up. Great question 😊

[@divana2u]

@@KathleenJasperEdD yes I try to give them exactly that 1-2 mins

[@debbieleyva]

I would totally do that in your situation! I used to leave 3 minutes at the end, but it turned into a free-for-all. Now I work bell to bell, except 6th period when they need 1 minute to put their chairs on the desks, as required by the custodians. I would just make sure to have strong procedures in place and model them and actually have the students practice them.

[@ruthhnry]

So informative! I need to implement the dead air in my classroom more. I am always expecting the students to immediately answer. Now I know dead air is actually good 👍🏾.

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

I’m so happy you’re finding out info helpful. Thank you for watching 😊

[@LeBoosLeisure]

@@KathleenJasperEdD hi Kathleen! I really need help passing subtest 3 of the FELE. I have many guides but nothing is working. Any suggestions?

[@jacquelinerispel6891]

Thank you very much!

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

My pleasure. Thank you for watching.

[@permanentheartbre4k]

Useful information! Thank you! My next observation will be this Thursday.

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

Thank you for watching and good luck on the observation, I am sure you will do great.

[@smnx127]

So informative!

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

I am thrilled you're finding our resources helpful. Thank you for watching.

[@phdcentigaming3272]

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[@KathleenJasperEdD]

Wonderful! I am thrilled you're finding the resources helpful.

[@divana2u]

I love this information Mrs jasper! I really needed as visitations and walkthroughs are starting for end of year evaluation l. I learned a lot !! Thank you thank you!

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

It's my pleasure. I will be posting another on the formal evaluations in March. So stay tuned!

[@divana2u]

@@KathleenJasperEdD will certainly do! Thank you much!

[@imthenextUSpresident]

You briefly mentioned the popsicle stick method for keeping track of who has volunteered to answer a question. What are your thoughts on random calling/the popsicle stick method for choosing students to answer questions?

[@KathleenJasperEdD]

Great question. Randomly calling on students is a practice we all use. However, we need to be careful that we don’t put students on the spot. So if you are going to use that method, students should know that they will be randomly called on. When reading aloud with students, I recommend getting a small group of volunteers to read aloud. You could put their popsicle sticks in the cup and randomly pick from there. However, randomly picking on students to read aloud can be anxiety inducing especially for your ESL and ELL students. As long as the students know your expectation that they will be called on at any time, you can use the random popsicle stick method. We just want to make sure we’re not putting students on the spot if they don’t feel comfortable reading/speaking aloud.