While reading the article I saw something I really liked. When the students in Mrs. Fry's class were reading aloud they couldn't figure out the work "grunted." They could sound out grunt but couldn't figure out the rest of the word. I like how she asked them what sound "ed" made. When they tried putting the sounds together they got words like "grundable," but once they figured out that it was grunt and not grund they figured out the word. I just really liked how she handled that scenario and I could see myself doing something like that in my classroom.
Whether you are a teacher or a coach I think a lot of what you're doing has to do with patience. You have to be patient with children especially when they are learning new words and trying to read. In the scenario above Mrs. Fry was being patient with the student and trying to get the student to use the knowledge she already had to figure out what the word was.
Things to Ponder:
1. Do you think coaching and teaching are similar?
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