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Passive Listening. 1a. involves not speaking and only listening. This type of listening sends the message that we are focused on what the speaker is saying. 1b. Door Openers. 2a.
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involves not speaking and only listening. This type of listening sends the message that we are focused on what the speaker is saying. 1b
Door Openers 2a
statements that a listener uses to encourage the speaker to provide more information (e.g., “Tell me more about that.”). 2b
involves a give-and-take exchange in which the receiver of a message reflects his or her interpretation of that message back to the speaker. 3b
refers to disciplinary actions that school administrators can take against teachers for speaking out publicly against their school, when that speech is viewed as interfering with the efficient operations of the school. 4b
used to exchange a range of materials and information between the classroom and home (e.g., money, notes and other class materials, reading logs, etc). 5b
contain photographs of children engaged in classroom activities. These are especially useful following holidays and classroom celebrations when there are many photographs to share with families. 6b
actively engage viewers by requiring them to take some type of action. 7b
a multipurpose outlet used to provide families with information about classroom events, field trips, school policies, words of the week, lesson highlights, upcoming parent-teacher conferences, reports from classroom committees, and general items of interest concerning children’s development and education. 8b
these are especially useful in facilitating communication within family support groups. The leader of the group assigns a topic for parents to write about between meetings. The entries are then used to structure group discussion. 9b
these are especially useful when parents and teachers must keep in close contact, like when a doctor asks that a child’s medical condition be closely monitored throughout the day. 10b
Podcasts 11a
a classroom audio or video feed that can be downloaded over the internet or on an iPod 11b
these are useful in explaining classroom procedures to immigrant parents who do not read English and to English-speaking parents with limited reading skills. 12b
E-Pals 13a
a modern day version of pen pals. This form of communication is especially useful for family members living in other regions of the country or abroad. 13b