In the June 21st entry, Esme is asked about her discipline style. In the July 23rd reflection she elaborates on what she learned about management from Ismene, her mentor teacher. While you'll all be taking classroom management in the spring-I'm sure you've all already begun to develop your own sense of classroom management techniques, ideas, and strategies. I wonder how what you've read in regard to Esme's responses to these inquiries struck you. All along this segment we also begin to get a sense of Esme's personality-her values-her frustrations and perhaps most insightful for me---her fears.
What follows are the three areas I'd like you to respond to pertaining to this section of our book:
Reaction
Tell me about one part that you found yourself reacting to in some emotional way. Specifically, what was the emotion and why do you feel this part provoked this reaction from you?
Connection
Can you make any connections to any of the ideas or things Esme is describing or talking about in this section to anything you remember from any of your Junior year courses---Logical Thought, Creative Expressions, Child Development, etc.?
Extension
How would YOU answer the interview questions if you were being interviewed today...RIGHT NOW? You may choose the questions from the principal, the interview team or both.
You have a week to respond to this...you may also respond to classmates postings if you'd like. This will be moved to the archive once the next posting is up but you can still access it and add to the flow of discussion.
For June 1st---Read July 28th up to but not including September 30th.
Each week we'll have the same three areas...Reactions...Connections...Reflections
Finally if you haven't responded to the first weeks post about which children's book you've selected to read this summer, please do so. I'm just finishing All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn as suggested by Georgia. Don't like this one as much as the Time for Andrew book by the same author but it's still very good.
Hope you're all using tons of sunscreen and enjoying every second of your break!
Love ya!
Mean it!
Dr. VW
