Teaching Children to Care Silent Conversation by Shelley Lawrence https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i en-us 2024-08-16 14:16:08 UTC 2025-08-05 20:05:27 UTC hello@padlet.com I spend the first six weeks of school teaching children how to behave. It rarely takes less time; sometimes it takes more...I cannot presume that what was so clear last year is remembered and accepted this year. I start again. shelley111 https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077820177 2024-08-16 14:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077820177 "I realized that children need to be seen. It was a simple matter of safety and a more complex matter of recognition and trust." shelley111 https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077825116 2024-08-16 14:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077825116 Knowing students is also core to forming a trusting student-teacher relationship with them, which is a major factor in students being engaged in school. The sad fact is that some children, especially those with behavior challenges, go through year after year of school without a positive relationship with a teacher. shelley111 https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077827193 2024-08-16 14:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077827193 "Lessons still need to be engaging and appropriate-and challenging-but the teacher's focus must be on establishing basic expectations and skills rather than on helping children master new material." shelley111 https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077829056 2024-08-16 14:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077829056 "The process reinforces the belief that behaviors need to be taught and learning them is not a waste of time." shelley111 https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077830800 2024-08-16 14:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/shelley111/kqos1kpbfpqksn4i/wish/3077830800