Blog 17: Third Answer

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1. My Essential Question is “How does a teacher set a learning environment where the majority time is spent on teaching and learning rather than disciplining?”

2. By having a line of communication with parents teachers spend less time disciplining their classroom and more time teaching.

3. Parents are the students first teachers in which if the child misbehaves the students know that their parents will be contacted. Teachers are able to have the parents as a support, lets be honest when a third grader is messing around and the teacher tells him to stop and they don't, but when they say they will be contacting their parents they will stop. By staying in contact with parents are able to reinforce the teachers rules and habits that are used in class.

4. My best source is Setting Limits in a Classroom by Robert Mackenzie and Lisa Stanzonie. Another source is my mentor because I see first hand how a lot of parents offer their assistance to her because she always try's to keep the parents update by creating a newsletter which is sent out every two weeks.

5. All in all parents are a key element in making sure students are less disruptive in the classroom.