Summer+Read!!

=**Please write your responses below the book title you are reading. Here are some suggestions:**=
 * Some quotes that strike you
 * Some things that make you say, "aha!"
 * Some things you question
 * Some things that made you think
 * Some things you wish everyone knew
 * Some things you wish you had already known
 * Some things you are considering trying out

=__**READING IN THE WILD**__= (Jeff) Here is where you write your thoughts. Just put your name in parentheses before so we know who wrote. :) (Rachel) "Reading is the only out of school activity for 16 year olds that is linked to getting a managerial or professional job later in life. Reading is linked to a higher chance of attending college, too." = = =__**DON'T FORGET TO SHARE**__= (Amy) "Writers need to talk about their writing, and the thing that seems to make or break many writing workshops is the presence (or absence) of productive talk." Katie Wood Ray

=__**NO MORE SHARPENING PENCILS DURING WORK TIME**__= = = =__**NO MORE TAKING AWAY RECESS**__= (Amy) "When we provide a safe, joyful, productive learning environment where students develop the ability to self-regulate, show empathy, solve problems, have a confident sense of self, and cultivate relationships, we have effective classroom management." (Rose) 'Five competencies of social and emotional learning: self-awareness, self-management (impulse control), social awareness (understanding of others), relationship skills and decision-making (problem-solving) skills.' (Rose) 'These social and emotional skills emerge from the fundamental needs that all humans share: relatedness, autonomy, and competence.' (Rose) I think we get too caught up on staying on track with academic units and then wonder why our students are acting out... frustration, lack of competency, lack of community, etc..... We need to build a learning community and have relationships with our students as individuals- first and foremost! Teaching social skills/expectations needs to be just as systematic and reviewed as other academic skills!!
 * (Jennifer)** "Helping students to become self regulated in their learning and behavior is the central mechanism for supporting effective instruction and classroom management. The trick is how to get students to set their learning goals, deploy appropriate strategies to achieve their goals, monitor their learning and behavior, and adjust their strategies along the way." Elizabeth Brinkerhoff
 * (Jennifer)** "Choice is a key component of learning to self regulate (how can students learn to make decisions about applying strategies if they never have opportunities to make choices?), as well as a key component in maintaining the high levels of motivation and engagement needed to sustain regulatory processes and learning." Elizabeth brinkerhoff
 * (Jennifer)** "Allowing students opportunities to make choices is associated with creating a motivating classroom atmosphere, but perhaps because of that it is also an important component of motivating classroom instruction. Choice can be powerful because it supports students' sense of automy while also increasing the probability that the learning task or content will be more relevant to each student." Elizabeth Brinkerhoff