tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post4077574974218398007..comments2023-05-26T08:27:27.390-05:00Comments on Reading Amid the Chaos: Nuturing and listening to our reading "apprentices"Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18102939630771341497noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-38563008190685034582011-07-16T21:31:08.378-05:002011-07-16T21:31:08.378-05:00Hi Chris,
Saturday night and I'm finally finis...Hi Chris,<br />Saturday night and I'm finally finishing up with reading everyone's posts from this week. Sorry to be so slow! Like everyone else, I loved your ending lines, "When we confer with students, we are giving them a chance to show their learning, and we are giving ourselves a chance to know them as individuals. Only then can we begin to teach them." I want to blow them up and put them on the front of my conferring notebook.<br /><br />My sons (who are 16 and 17) would say the same thing that your son said, "DUH?" (I'm not going to tell you how many times a day they something along those lines. I was struck, throughout these chapters, by Patrick's stance of really believing that kids have something to teach him, and wanting to learn from them. I don't think that I always believe that. I don't think I always do that great a job listening to kids. That is my goal for this year.<br />CarolCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294455230627182656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-85924740095583637322011-07-16T16:24:18.104-05:002011-07-16T16:24:18.104-05:00Chris,
You are so right: "When we confer wit...Chris,<br /><br />You are so right: "When we confer with students, we are giving them a chance to show their learning, and we are giving ourselves a chance to know them as individuals. Only then can we begin to teach them."<br /><br />So thoughtful and well said. Why do we seem to skip this essential step? <br /><br />How are we also going to "shut up and listen"? Hehehe . . . a goal we both have this year!<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your thoughts and reminding us about the parent piece as well. I'm wondering how we can move from talking numbers to talking kids. Let the conversations begin.<br /><br />MichelleMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04822472844833732246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-20346372471255703862011-07-15T10:01:35.977-05:002011-07-15T10:01:35.977-05:00Chris,
I will be on the journey with you this year...Chris,<br />I will be on the journey with you this year to organize what I know about my students in a way that allows me to see the "big video" of each one so I can better help each one as a learner.<br />Would be fun to have a followup conversation as we try new conferring recording systems to see what is working well for folks.<br />Love your final paragraph!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06549453373381775445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-65539915760462437182011-07-14T23:06:35.075-05:002011-07-14T23:06:35.075-05:00Chris,
I laughed when I read the part about how y...Chris,<br /><br />I laughed when I read the part about how your 13 year old son would say, "Duh". You were so right that we as teachers are used to talking all the time. We really do need to remember to slow down and listen. I also loved the ending of your post. Thanks.<br /><br />JillJill Fischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162764425985636884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-7566031751608758582011-07-14T09:30:49.746-05:002011-07-14T09:30:49.746-05:00Chris,
Great ending to your post. I also thought ...Chris,<br />Great ending to your post. I also thought a great deal about my role as a parent/teacher. Interestingly enough some of the most data-driven parent teacher conferences I have sat through over the years are with people I work with and like a great deal, but when they were talking about my children, it was just numbers. I have often wondered why this is. In this era of high accountability are all the roles (student, teacher, parents, administrators, etc) too concerned with numbers, so are we afraid to talk about people?<br />Thanks again for writing a thoughtful post.<br />TonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-12814025142836316572011-07-14T07:42:08.044-05:002011-07-14T07:42:08.044-05:00Chris, You've walked away with a lot of posit...Chris, You've walked away with a lot of positive thinking from this section and ideas to continually grow as an educator. I too enjoyed reading the section on what Patrick's wants from a teacher about his own daughter. I try to converse with parents in the same manner putting myself in their shoes. Thanks for sharing.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082337415906808358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-32503090205191821482011-07-13T23:03:02.784-05:002011-07-13T23:03:02.784-05:00Chris,
Being that I am not a parent, I appreciated...Chris,<br />Being that I am not a parent, I appreciated hearing your "parent" voice in your post! It affirms my feeling that I need to share specifics with parents, not just numbers! Thank you for that! And I agree with Cathy; I love the last two sentences of your post!<br />~Laura :)Laura Komoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660151898042277596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-81021567591333688882011-07-13T22:15:37.611-05:002011-07-13T22:15:37.611-05:00Chris~
Teachers can make valuable impressions on k...Chris~<br />Teachers can make valuable impressions on kids when they get to know them as kids first. Patrick has done an excellent job in showing us why this is so important and how we can make this happen- Just Iisten! This quote by Donald Graves spoke to me-<br /> "Listening to children is more a deliberate act than a natural one."<br />~deb<br /><br />~debDeb Frazierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357198767241625023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-54566354195122495982011-07-13T21:34:12.224-05:002011-07-13T21:34:12.224-05:00Chris,
I, too, so connected with Allen's role ...Chris,<br />I, too, so connected with Allen's role as a parent and how that impacts us as teachers. It sounds like we've been on a similar journey when it comes to conferring with our students. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.<br />JulieJulie Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497758310228642932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8240895607822097864.post-2962307804839177842011-07-13T20:11:04.627-05:002011-07-13T20:11:04.627-05:00Chris,
What a great ending to your post,
"W...Chris,<br />What a great ending to your post, <br /><br />"When we confer with students, we are giving them a chance to show their learning, and we are giving ourselves a chance to know them as individuals. Only then can we begin to teach them."<br /><br />Well said!<br />CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.com