Literacy blog- The Beginning
Starting a Blog
Hello all!! Welcome to my first ever blog! I am doing this blog becuuse I am working towards being a teacher and one of the requirements for a class is writing a literacy blog for myself. So! Welcome to the inside of my brain I hope you enjoy!
When I think about literacy education it scares me because I do not feel prepared enough to be able to teach small students how to read, listen, or write. For me litearcy was hard already and if I step into teaching ELAR I will be totally out of my comfort zone. Sometimes it sounds fun and other times it sounds overwhelming. So starting a blog about it also seems scarey because this will be an insight into how my brain works. Although this feeling is here I also feel excited to be able to put my ideas down and feel organized about how literacy education works. Right now literacy education is a huge jumbled mess in my brain and hopefully a blog will help my brain organize all the different parts of teaching ELAR.
My Hope for My Classroom
When I begin my career I will hope to start in Math and Science because these are the subjects that I am best at. Before I jump in my fisrt classroom I hope to learn how to work math workshop. I have yet to take my math teaching classes because of scheduling. Hopfully I will be able to get those classes knocked out in the summer and then student teach in the fall. I know a lot about teaching math already because I work as an aide in a math class and also a ELAR class.
3 Key elements in a Literacy Classroom
1. Classroom management- students need to know expectations of workshop, small group, independent work, confering, sharing, and whole group. Also you and your student need to know how your system will work.
2. Mentor/Teacher text- Students needs to see expectations and examples of writing.
3. Differintiation instruction (small group) - Knowing your groups and what they need and what they can already do is important in teaching every single one of your students. This also involves you as the teacher to have to stay very organized and have a easy system for you and your students to follow.
Signing off!!
Katy Gifford
The Three key elements that you listed, were spot on! Honestly, Classroom management plays a huge factor in teaching. As a teacher you have to set expectations/rules. Those expectations will help a child understand the importance of learning! Providing different types of lessons and materials that fit each student, will also help benefit them. -Hailey Treat
ReplyDeleteHere's some food for thought...what if you look at literacy through the lens of the content area you hope to teach? For instance how could you help your students with Math literacy?
ReplyDeleteHey Katy, I love the color scheme you've got going on and I think you've done an awesome job so far considering this is your first blog ever! I am currently doing my student teaching and I am getting so close to graduating yet I still feel like I am no wherever near ready to teach students how to read or write all on my own. I think all of your key elements are great, but the one that stuck out to me the most was differentiation instruction. It's so important for students to not only get that one-on-one time with the teacher but to work with peer as well. Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on your blog! I like the thoughts when it comes to classroom managements, and the activities for students. Also love one of your 3 key elements are mentor texts to demonstrate for students.
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