"As with all teacher language, the fewer we use, the better. Usually the teacher says one or two short sentences at most. Our brevity gives students time and space to respond with their words or actions." (p. 118)
"Sometimes teachers need to give students clear, nonnegotiable instructions. It may be because the students are doing something dangerous, because they're too emotional at the moment to exercise self-control, or because they're too far along in off-track behavior to pull themselves back without teacher guidance." (p.141)
Other than individual conferences and time-out, what sort of "logical consequences" would the author of this book recommend?
As I move on to another school site with a new CT, I would like to test the effectiveness of direct phrasings with the students. I would like to see the difference between asking them to respond verses telling them to respond by their actions. For example, "Would you please come to the carpet?" or "Come to the carpet pThis would be a great mini study to know how the kids in my class respond to both ways of speaking/directing.