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[Kevin Smith <vinnie@MINET.GOV.MB.CA>]

At 11:08 AM 3/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I could use some suggestions for a particularly difficult class with a
>large number of students with various learning disabilities.  They are a

<snip>

Hi,

After you have lowered your voice and waited - however long - for the kids
to be quiet.
Wait a little longer. Allow the silence to fill the room. Allow it to
linger. Then begin.

What's wrong with engaging children in a discussion of the relative values
of their actions? How does their behaviour affect others? What's good about
talking out of turn?
What's not-so-good about talking out of turn? Why? Take as much time as you
need to hear all points of view on the matter.

If that discussion means that there is no time to check out books, wouldn't
that be a logical and natural consequence of their actions? Follow through!
Part of learning about how one's actions affect our lives is by living with
those consequences.

"How well we find our needs fulfilled depend on how well we are able to
fulfill the needs of others" - William Glasser

regards,
Kevin "Vinnie the Librarian" Smith
<a href="mailto:vinnie@mbnet.mb.ca">vinnie</a>
PC Win95 Network/Netscape 4.0, IE 4.0/Eudora 3.0
Library Technician
Roblin Elementary School
Roblin, Manitoba
CANADA R0L 1P0

" Read all the books thou can for thou art sufficient to judge for thyself
" - Milton

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