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On Feb 4, 2013, at 5:48 AM, Palmer, Jennifer wrote:
I'm not sure about all of you, but Johnston's story of the woman whose
husband brought home a turkey that he hit with a truck struck a chord with
me. A friend called the
I think that it is absolutely critical that we create this challenging and safe
environment...and what is so eye-opening is that many of the words we
choose...words that OUR teachers used... work against this environment.
Jennifer
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You have chosen the exact part that elicited the strongest reaction from
me, when I first read this book!! Honestly, I have been trying to forgive
Johnston ever since - as this piece caused a huge disconnect for me. I
love Johnston's work, have been a huge advocate of Carol Dweck's work for
Just hit reply...type your response. Then delete all the extra information from
the previous emails...or just type this address in the to line.
Jennifer
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Johnston makes this provocative statement: In a fixed performance world, there
is nothing to be done about one's learning...Special education is particularly
good at opening the door to the fixed-performance world. It is a world of
permanently disabling traits. Special Education students are
What keeps coming to me as I read this is remembering facial expressions as
well as touch, etcetera. Actually, I think these may be equal to or greater
than the words. Consider the encouraging I can't wait to hear how you figured
that out! smile, the OMG - I never thought of it that way smile,
Interesting. I think part of what Johnston is saying is that learning comes
down to relationships...and we convey we care for our students in lots of
ways...using our words AND our smiles, hugs etc. Kids respond to us, learn from
us, because they love us back.
But there is more too
I love the textmapping idea you have here.. were there any websites or lesson
plans you found helpful? What about having the kids do audio text mapping? This
is new for me so I am intrigued by the scrolls and how you have done it...
Thanks for any help your guidance!
Who was it that said Children do not remember WHAT we say or do, they
remember the way we made them feel.
Johnston is saying our words (and actions) can make them feel motivated,
proud, capable, and yes, loved.
Judy
On 2013-02-05 4:17 PM, Beverlee paul beverleep...@gmail.com wrote:
What keeps
