Reflection Of Teaching Reading As A Class In The Classroom

I have learned many things in this class, even though I do not directly teach reading as a course I am still able to use the same strategies from this course in my science and social studies classroom. I didn’t expect to takes as much away from this course as I have. A majority of my work does not include reading basic terms or reviewing sounds that may be used outside of the classroom. One of the first things I did when we began this class was to look for some way for my students to work in collaborative groups and take the assignments given and understand the material. I struggled to find a happy median between my students. Some were unable to grasp the ideas because they could not sound out the words correctly. Since they do not have the

The majority of the topics we use during this exercise are to spark the student’s interest into the newly introduced text. For example last week we were discussing the water cycle and how each plant uses water along with sunlight to live. To present the concept I pulled up a picture of a tree going throughout each season and what time of year goes with it. This helped to spark the interest of each student into what we were about to cover. In doing this, I was able to tie the weather that was occurring outside to what we were covering in class. From the picture that was shown the student would then formulate their ideas about what the upcoming assignment and chapter was about. Using the smart board, I allowed each student to com place the given correct spot. These words included: precipitation, condensation, evaporation, and accumulation. Explaining the route words for each helped them to acquire the needed information as

We are the hub for all students in middle school who fall into the mild to moderate range. All instruction given in this functional setting or classroom comes from my coworker and me. The issue we continue to run into with them is the variance or difference from one student’s prior instruction to the next. The curriculum from one course to another is so different, and this alone takes away nearly a month of instructional time that is needed. I wish that we could get onto the same page and work as one to help these students, but this seems to be a farfetched idea. I honestly believe that each teacher no matter how long they have been teaching should take a refresher course such as this which would introduce new concepts into their classroom. I have found that not only their instruction has differed but also their attitude and actions. Once students have reached this level, they should already know certain things such as: keeping their hands to themselves, no hitting, no hugging and raise you and wait to be called upon before speaking out. It is hard enough to get the students on the same level scholastically without dealing with their behaviors. Adding one on top of the other can be too much; having this out of the way prior would be rather