Domain 5 Methodology
Yesterday I was told that we could not do science this morning because one student would be on a field trip, so they "cancelled" the instruction time. Both students ended up being down here for it though this morning, so I decided to go ahead and work with them on the letters we started yesterday. So for one, thank goodness I was prepared to jump right in to something. Grant it, I did not have all my materials out, but the boys did not have to wait forever by any means.
The trouble I am having...I cannot get one of my students to think along the lines of thanking someone. He wants to talk about using a dog to help find people, and so I tried getting him to think of a way to talk about the policeman being a hero and then we could talk about the dog being a hero. I can't even get him to think out loud so that I know what he is trying to say or what he is thinking. I started writing down things for him as he said them, so that I could capture his main ideas, but I think we only got two sentences. So next, I had him try just writing down words that he wanted to use, but even that was difficult for him.
Do you have any suggestions for helping him to brainstorm? Perhaps I should have him talk about thanking someone like his mom for what she does every day or for a superhero that he likes and perhaps that would get him thinking in that direction. Maybe there's a way to lay it out better. Maybe he's never thought through the fact that we should be grateful and thankful to our heroes, but I went over all that with him again, and he seemed to understand it or at least claimed he did.
Any helped, METHODS;), would be much appreciated!!
Have a great weekend!
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Olivia,
ReplyDeleteWhat about giving him a list of words that are typically included in a thank you letter and have him try to think of other words that go in those categories. You may have to back up and show him how to associate words into categories with a topic he is more familiar with first then move on to the thank you notes. Having him write to someone he knows may also be easier because he'll be able to connect to them as he writes the letter. Remember...it may take several times before he understands. Don't get discouraged...instead persevere.
If I come across other ideas I'll let you know:).
Have a great weekend!
Prof. Forshey