Take Away From Week 4

I wasn't in class to know what the class was about, but reading others blogs I am able to get an idea. After the reading assignment, I can see that there was strategies discussed. I find those strategies to be a big help for me. I never would of thought of such strategies to use to help the students stay focused. This class has definitely helped me with the whole picture of teaching reading in a much more successful way.

Take Away From Week 3

I really enjoyed the activities we did in class. My favorite one was, you emailing us a title of being a character and having us pick out what was important to us on the description given. It showed how differently everyone saw what was important to them and what they thought. Everyone thinks differently! There are so many thinking processes and strategies to integrate. Doing activities like this allow us to integrate those strategies.

Lesson Plan Brainstorming

I haven't really decided what I am going to do my first lesson plan on. I know that I need to get to thinking about it so I can get started. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. With everything that goes on in my head, thinking can be challenging. I am going to start my observing next week so I'm hoping to be able to get some ideas then.

Take Away From Week 2

The take away that stuck out to me is embedding strategies in classroom lessons. I feel that strategies are the key to success. "The strategies for guiding comprehension prompt student thinking during reading and learning" (pg.49, Buehl) was the main strategy that stuck out to me. This sticks out to me since I observed for a reading teacher last session and she used the seven comprehension processes in her class. I found that the guided comprehension allowed the students to have a better understanding of what they were reading.

Introduction

I was able to set my blog up. Excited to use this considering that I have never done it before. Looking forward to blogging with everyone.