As you can imagine, there is a lot that happens in a classroom. Sometimes a lesson or class discussion is moving in an awesome direction and RING! Someone calls the classroom for something. There are many teachers who have a classroom helper assigned to the phone, so they will teach the children how to properly answer in a business-like manner.
Yesterday I had to call Mrs. Fleckenstein. She thought it would be a good time for a teachable moment! She had coached the students to say, "Hello, Mrs. Fleckenstein's room, this is _______." She thought she would have one of her first graders give it a shot. He picked up the phone. "Hello, Mrs. Fleckenstein's room, this is ______..." I started to tell the student what a great job they did answering but they were gone! Mrs. Fleck called back later to tell me that she failed to tell the kids they had to keep talking after their greeting! The student just answered and hung up!
Just another reminder that you can never be too clear with directions!
Yesterday I had to call Mrs. Fleckenstein. She thought it would be a good time for a teachable moment! She had coached the students to say, "Hello, Mrs. Fleckenstein's room, this is _______." She thought she would have one of her first graders give it a shot. He picked up the phone. "Hello, Mrs. Fleckenstein's room, this is ______..." I started to tell the student what a great job they did answering but they were gone! Mrs. Fleck called back later to tell me that she failed to tell the kids they had to keep talking after their greeting! The student just answered and hung up!
Just another reminder that you can never be too clear with directions!