Class Reflection
Honestly, I'm pretty confused about what this blog post is supposed to be about. The assignment says Chapter 4 & 5, but we already did a blog post about Word Walls and we went over chapters 9-11 this week. Soooo I'm not sure which chapters I need to be writing about!
However, I must say that I kind of liked tonight's class as a recording! I mean I missed everyone's comments, but to be honest I didn't have a babysitter tonight so it was nice to be able to pause when my kid was being needy for attention! 😂 Also, I just kept thinking about Dr. Steffes being in Mexico and I was a little jealous. 😜
Here's some thoughts I'm having (over the last several chapters) and about class in general:
- Holy moly! This class is FLYING by! I mean we still have a lot of work to do... but I'm hoping my whole summer doesn't fly by as fast as this class is!
- As a future elementary teacher, I am excited to be a teacher of nearly all content areas. And while I know reading is a big part of this class, I am becoming SUPER excited about teaching writing. I think writing can be incorporated in EVERY subject *even math!* and I just love watching student progress with their writing skills. Nothing is better than reading student stories. This class has kind of inspired me to think about new and exciting way to incorporate writing activities in the classroom.
- I was surprised to learn tonight about all the words we use in the English language that are technically "borrowed" from other languages. I took a language class during my undergrad in college and it was so interesting to learn about accents, dialects, and language development in general. Language is so complex and yet is so natural to humans. I enjoyed thinking about this because my daughter is just started to say a few words here and there and I love trying to teach her new words (right on track according to our book! She's 10 months old) and watching her learn.
- Tonight's class made me think about how I would approach ELL students in my class. I grew up in a very tiny town and didn't have diverse classrooms growing up. This is one area I need to work on simply because I don't have any experience on it. Any tips of books to read or ideas of how to learn more about teaching ELL students?
- I loved the section of the book on "choral speaking and reading" because I think it is such a fun but important part of language development. I think sometimes people feel silly teaching or participating in choral reading, but students LOVE it and it is so beneficial. I started thinking about songs and then aspects of drama and I just think incorporating artsy ideas like that can really make learning engaging on a deeper level. Teacher's shouldn't underestimate these things.
- LASTLY, I just want to know how you guys are feeling about the class so far? How has the assessment plan assignment been for you? How do you feel about your unit?
Half way there! I can see the finish line now! 😜
I didn't even notice it said chapters 4 and 5. I just did take always of 9-11 since that was what the recording was!! I agree I kept thinking how jealous I am! I wish I was on a beach lol. I enjoyed class as well. I feel that this class is flying by as well which is sad because that means summer is getting closer to an end already by the time this class is over :( I have finished everything so far besides the actual lessons but I have the main idea and standards and objectives I want for them :) good luck! :)
ReplyDeleteI also noticed it said chapter 4-5 but went ahead with the chapters we covered. Hope I did what the plan was. This class is really flying by but I have enjoyed the pace and how we are working toward the end goal of a complete unit. As for the assessment plan, thanks to Leslie I knew by the end of class what I was supposed to be completing because I was really confused before class. It wasn't as bad as what I was thinking we were to complete and I actually enjoyed completing it. As for the unit I am not anywhere near completion and it will come together over the next week I am hoping so that I can have her look it over before submitting. How is your unit going?
ReplyDeleteI love this class but I am a big fan of our Professor and knew I would love this class like the others I had with her. The assessment plan assignment is going good. I have a lot of ideas and most on paper. I will finish it up tomorrow. I am not stressing about our unit because we are building all these different blocks (that are tailored to our units) that we can use to make our lessons instead of coming up with it from scratch. If that makes sense. I see the point in all these weekly assignments because they help with the big picture. :)
ReplyDeletePaige, I was confused too. I just went with what the syllabus said and added a few comments about the class recording. I hope I did right! I also liked todays class because I am one of those people who can not sit for a long period of time. I have to move and do things, but I did find some things interesting. Borrowed words were something that I did not know, until my students told me about. In word study, they focused on origin of words and things like that so, I had to learn in order to teach them new vocabulary. As far as class, I think I got it. I feel pretty good about my unit because it combines writing and reading which is something I got used to when teaching this past semester.
ReplyDeleteYou all did great. I must have been distracted with all the planning for Mexico. :) Week 4, Chapter 4, you see what I mean!! I did learn a lot about how you all like to learn. Thanks!
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