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[quote=Anonymous]A good teaching strategy when calling on kids is to pull popsicle sticks with the names on them to ensure all kids get called on.  Simple method to make sure every child gets equal attention.

But as far as answering questions when children have to work independently, I had the same concern yesterday.  My son is in 3rd grade.  While the teacher worked with 6 students, and a resource teacher worked with another 6 students, my child sat with another student to do a worksheet for 20 minutes.  The majority of that time he was off task and socializing but there was no one to monitor his work to see if he even knew how to do the assignment.  He spends the majority of his day like this, "independently" learning.  Boys in general, have more difficulty focusing for long periods of time at this age. He has received several "red day" slips this year as well as other boys in the classroom.  Behavior issues were not a problem prior to 2.0, so I think he is not adjusting well to the new teaching methods being applied in the classroom.

My son has mastery of many of the concepts the teacher is teaching the class.  That is why I think he is segregated (and ignored) to work independently the majority of the day.  The teacher has to focus on getting the rest of the class to proficient.  The children that are already proficient or achieve proficient standards quickly have to wait for the rest of the class to catch up.  The reality of implementing 2.0.[/quote]

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