When
reading the assigned readings for this week’s class, Chapter 5 really stuck out
to me. The descriptions of the different reading strategies for before, during,
and after reading seemed extremely helpful for my future classroom. As we have
discussed in class and as I have read this book I have definitely learned the
importance of reading and writing in every content area classroom. I have not
always been the best reader so learning the different strategies will not only
help me in my journey to becoming a successful teacher but I am also, slowly
but surely, learning how to become a better reader.
While reading
Chapter 5, I was going through the strategies, picking out the ones that I
would like to incorporate into a science classroom. I also think having and
knowing all of these strategies will be useful because there are many to choose
from so if I were to use different ones then the class may seem more enjoyable
for my students. It will not be extremely repetitive and I will be able to see
which strategies work best for my students so when it comes time to repeat
strategies I know which ones to choose. Some of my favorites so far included
KWL, Anticipation Guide, Bookmarks, Post-It Response Notes, Exit Slips, Word
Meaning Graphic Organizer, and the Vocabulary Tree. Some of these strategies I
have used throughout my years of schooling and I also find myself using some of
these strategies as I read today. I would like to look more into some of the
before reading activities because as one can see in my list of favorites there
are not that many. Based on what I have learned in this education class,
students need to be motivated to read and that included wanting to read the
text that they are assigned to. I think that good pre-reading activities will
motivate students to want to read the texts.
Another aspect I
really enjoyed about this chapter was the way in which the descriptions of the
strategies/activities were formatted. The “Why Use It” and “How Does It Work”
sections were extremely helpful as I was reading because for some, the
description wasn’t enough. The examples were also useful because I found myself
trying to incorporate what I would be teaching in my classroom into the
examples to see how I could use it myself.
As one can see by
reading this post I really enjoyed the reading. I definitely think it will help
me not only later on but also in the near future, as I will need to incorporate
reading strategies in the two lessons I will be teaching at CF. Also, the RAFT
strategy description was a page that I marked down to go back to since this is
another assignment that will be due in just a few weeks.
This Chapter,
along with Chapter 7 has really made me consider buying this textbook when my
rental due date approaches because so far it has seemed like a great tool to
have for teaching.
Hi Tiffany! I definitely agree that this week's reading was really practical. I think your point about mixing up strategies is a good one. I was getting sort of hung up on the idea of explicitly teaching these strategies, and being concerned about how long it would take to teach them. I do wish the book had maybe given a little bit of information for the best ways to teach these strategies, and maybe about how many times students use them before they feel comfortable. However, as I've noticed from your pictures and from other's people blogs, a lot of these strategies are well known. Between the citations in the text book and The Internet, I bet I can find resources for developing lessons that help implement these techniques.
ReplyDeleteI also bookmarked the strategies i want to use when I'm in the classroom, and just remember that before you have a your own science classroom, you are going to be subbing for all subject areas, so maybe there are some strategies that although won't work for science, could be a nice and easy strategy to implement in an English or History classroom.
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