Share a little how this week was different, better or worse, and what you feel you can offer the school with your work. If it's your first week, just share what you did! Be sure to respond to at least four classmates' blogs! :-)
This week was wonderful! I was able to work with Ms. Brown today and I loved the classroom environment. There was a lot less focus on technology, but there was more excitement from the students about reading. I helped a student with a book on hunting pheasants and he truly wanted to read. It was such a neat experience because he was able to relate the story so much to his life. The students did a book inventory with scholastic book catalogs that Ms. Brown and the librarian were going to use to increase her classroom book stock. The students even brainstormed together on what they think about while they read and were asked to write (on a sticky note) what they were thinking about while they read. Everything we learned in class was being utilized my Ms. Brown and she didn't even know it. It was awesome!
I am glad your experience went well! Were the students able to pick out a book they wanted to read or was one assigned to them? I feel like in reading especially at a young age students like to read recreationally instead of being told what to read so I love seeing teachers encouraging students to read books they like and have them write a report on it.
It was super cool to see the application. The students got to pick their books. They had either checked out a book from the library before or they could go to the classroom library for a book. I totally agree. The choice is so important to keep students interested.
I think this is a perfect example of how much more interested in reading students can become if they get to decide and they will be more interested if they pick something they like. I think it's great that the students were still engaged without technology.
I think it's awesome that Mrs. Brown is allowing the students to decide what books to add to the classroom, because they will be the ones expected to read them. I love how the student was able to read the book that HE wanted to read!
When a teachers lesson all falls together and certain parts just satisfy others and compliment others without you even realizing. authentic application, like Dr. B said is awesome when its in the works. It's almost like seeing a lunar eclipse; so beautiful. during my lessons I am going to purposefully try and connect everything together in this fashion where hopefully it goes unnoticed and just awes the class.
I think it's a cool idea of using technology in classroom because it can help students to develop their ideas of thinking. In my future classroom I would provide some of technology like ipad or computers. In this case, it can be another resource for students to research the knowledge by using technology.
I love the sticky note idea. We had a teacher use this idea when I was in high school, and while I thought it was kind of dumb then, now I see the beauty of the activity. I also love that your student picked a book that was relevant to his life and what he enjoys. Sticky notes are a great way to help students utilize the the reading skills that they employ when they read and I'm sure stickies could be used to help students make inferences and to write down words they don't know too.
It's cool to hear that not everything in the classroom is focused around technology. I like it old school some times, so it was nice to hear. Ms. Brown seems like a very good teacher and models great for her children. I like how her children are really wanting to read.
This week was a little different because we weren't reading about as serious of a topic. Today, they were reading a kids newspaper all about community. It was a different experience for me because I worked with two kids today who were very different. One was excited about reading and the other was not at all. One of them read really loudly and clearly, while the other just mumbled where I could barely hear him. Neither one of them seemed interested when it was the other's turn to read. The one that didn't like reading kept playing with his pencils and refusing to read more. To get them more focused and listening, I asked them questions about what they learned after each article. I also let the kid who didn't like to read pick the articles we read, so that maybe he would be more interested. I think it would be even harder to try and watch everyone in the classroom and keep them all on task, so I think us being in the classroom is a lot of help to the teacher, who can't focus on everyone at once.
I think our presence is a real help to our teachers, especially this week when it was just Ms. Nichols (the student teacher) was by herself. I liked how the teacher told everyone to read the whole article (about three pages of reading). However my buddy really wanted to do the crossword afterwards before writing his blog answers and he was not allowed to. This upset him and he did not want to continue with the assignment. Perhaps she should have let the students do the crossword before the blog to kind of break up the assignment and create interest in the subject. Do you agree?
I love that you tired to help encourage the student to get interested in reading. Hopefully, he/she will be interested in reading one day. I think it is hard for students to get excited about a subject when they can see that they are not as strong as their peers at the subject. Your presence probably helped him, if nothing else, focus on reading when it was his/her turn.
Do you think that the articles about community were an attempt to integrate social studies instruction? If so did it work or were the articles too difficult because the students couldn't become interested?
Like Meredith was saying, I liked how you tried to engage the students to get excited to read. Doing ALMOST whatever it takes to get a student engaged and excited about something is crucial. giving them options and control is also a great way to get them on board with something they seem disinterested with.
It is great that how teacher integrate students to read a kids newspaper all about community. This because when we think of newspaper would not be interesting for kids. But this teacher brought up a good idea of teaching. I would be using this in my future class. But I would think somehow it would be hard if students do not interesting in reading newspaper
I'm g;ad that you are finding you are a lot of help in the classroom. That is a good experience to have two different readers because when we are teachers we will have the same difficulty. How would you as a teacher address the disinterest in the articles?
I experienced this same problem when I read with my students. I also had two students and one student was a great reader, and the other struggled. I think its important that you let the student who did not enjoy reading as much pick the article, and also that you tried to keep them engaged by reviewing the article with them after they read. I had the same problem when I had my students alternate reading. I think it would've been helpful if they each had their own article to look at, and maybe if you would've had them pick up reading in random spots they would pay more attention for fear of not being in the right place.
Like Krista pointed out, yesterday the kids read about community. My buddy seemed more interested in this topic especially learning about how Oral Lee Brown's contribution to the world. He liked how she was recognized for sending 19 and more students to college. This could be because he loves the Westminster Blue Jay sports as well as Mizzou football. My buddy also told me why he didn't like to read and he said he did not like how long it is. Overall today was better than before because he seemed more interested in this topic more than the last and I figured out how to help him read which is take turns reading and have him read smaller chunks of an article. I also think today was better because I learned some new topics myself (such as who Oral Lee Brown is and what she does)! :)
I find that it is much more fun when the student is not the only one learning. When I can learn too, it helps me get excited about a topic in order to learn more. Your excitement from learning information with the students can be used to get the students excited too. Even though your student was not interested in reading I think the connection of the sports and you learning more about his interests helped him get excited about what he learned.
I do agree that the newspaper was pretty long and it was hard to keep them focused on it the whole time. But, when they found articles they thought were cool, they didn't have as much trouble staying on task. The fact that he found the connection to sports himself shows that he is making connections while he reads!
I think breaking the article into chunks probably helped your student focus more on the article. As a student it can be intimidating to know that you have to read a wall of text.
As pre-service teachers and teachers to be we will never be done learning! Taking mini breaks during reading can help students stay more on task which could help with the length of reading, as well as concentration level.
"How Oral Lee Brown's contribution to the world." I have no idea what is it about but I am glad to hear your story of the day with kids. Yes! sometimes it can be hard for student to see the long article for them to read. Even me if I see a tick book I wouldn't like it neither. But I like how you worked with them.
That is awesome that you have noticed how your buddy likes to read and have adapted the assignment to reading in smaller chunks. I also liked how he related the article to local sports. If you were his teacher what kind of articles would you have him read?
Good job breaking up the article into chunks! I think those little newspapers they use can be daunting sometimes because they have so much information and the students see the length of the paper and immediately shut down because they don't want to read that much. I have found it also helps to just fold the paper in half so that some of the articles are "hidden" and it makes it easier for my student to see what they are reading and also decreases the size of the paper.
On Friday I was in Mrs. B's class. Unlike last week the students were not assigned articles to read but were allowed to read (SSR). Mrs. Brown however asked me to complete an assessment with a student in the hall. The assessment was; an alphabet list- which the student had to state the letter, a word using the letter, and what sound the letter made, and several lists of words which the student had to read aloud. The student I was working with did an excellent job and after we finished the lists I would tell her how to say certain words- the example she seemed to have the most difficulty with was the word 'none' and I reviewed it with her for a moment before we went back to the classroom. I enjoyed my work on Friday this week than the week before though both experiences were incredibly valuable. I think that the presence of Westminster students helps the teacher in many ways! Just by doing an assessment a chunk of time can be used in a way that could prove to be more valuable to the class as a whole.
I hope that your experiences only continue to get better. I definitely agree with you and feel that we are making a difference in the classroom. I think that we are able to help give the teacher a break and refocus the student's energy towards an individual activity rather than constantly focusing as a class.
Yay! Im glad your experience was better than the last. As I was walking out of the classroom you and your new buddy seemed to have a connection (like she seemed to be interested in what you were saying). Good job!
I think it is a big help that we are there as well. The individual time you spent with that student probably helped her much more than the teacher trying to focus on the whole class could have.
I could not agree more, I think the presence of us, the college observers, is a great help. several times I've been asked to give a hand here and there to just walk around the room simply help with the little things. Its always helpful to have another set of adult hands around!
It's very nice to know how students get more interacted with you. You seem to get more responsibility to do. I think somehow I would love to work with older kids. I am glad to hear students in your class getting a better work.
I'm glad you have been getting something out of all of your school visits. You really helped that girl out and gave her the special attention she needed. She would not have gotten that attention if it wasn't for you. I am sure she gained confidence from this experience with you and will never forget it.
I made up this weeks observation on Thursday Oct. 2nd. I was back in Ms. Downey's room during there reading hour. Today the class was working on their class computers trying to find the "authors purpose" of certain excerpts that were given. While majority of the class worked in pairs I was observing Ms. Downey work with the struggling readers. In this private session, the students had a bag holding index cards, on these cards there were "hard words" that the group all had trouble with. The exceptional individuals were reading a scholastic magazine that had an article inside containing all of the groups struggle words. For the remainder of the session we worked on correcting and preventing any issues with pronunciation. After the private group rejoined the class it was time for silent paired reading where i oversaw a group of excelling readers that were working on finishing up the first harry potter book. I helped when i was needed but mostly sat back and watched today.
That is interesting that she has the students write down words they struggle with on notecards. I'm assuming they have little baggies so that they can go back later and review the words. I wonder if it would be more effective for everyone though if she created a word wall and reviewed the words daily with students.
Last Wednesday my second time of working in preschool. The lesson plan of the day is about spider. It is one of interesting topics that students all excited to learn. When I was in the class. Mrs. McDonald started telling students the story about spider and mouses. They all were exciting and making surprising sound. I was just liking the ways how she teaches. Next, activity was about create their own artwork. Creating spider is one of activities that I am planing to use in my future class room. They all are so ready to learn new thing all the time. Mrs. McDonald was so happy and one of the fact that her students love her because she keeps smiling all the time in that class. After, that there were a small break so I got a chance to read a short story for some of small group. They all were reading aloud with me after I read to them first and they started repeating it again. I truly loving this class and cannot wait to go back again.
I'm glad you really like the class that you are working with! What did the creating a spider activity look like, are there any changes you would make to the lesson?
That is awesome that the students are engaged in the lessons and really enjoying themselves especially you too! In what ways do you think Mrs. McDonald teaching style engages the students in a positive way?
I am curious as to how a spider sounds. I think this would be a great activity to incorporate multiculturalism by using the story of Anaszi the Spider and I'm sure it would be easy to find a tribal tale about mice. I also think its important that you are using what you are learning in the classroom as ideas for your own future classroom.
This week in the classroom, the students learned about the concept of communities. We were once again handed the social studies newspapers, and I read the entire newspaper with my student Jayna. While I realize I have my own interests, I cannot help but find these articles incredibly boring. I can tell my student Jayna is also disinterested in the articles, and it is difficult to try to find a way to engage her in the articles. I have found though, that if I allowed her to pick the articles she wanted to read in the newspaper, she enjoyed the experience more. I also opted to read some of the articles to her this time which she really seemed to enjoy.
I'm glad to hear they are learning about communities because a classroom is it's own community! I agree with you that these articles are not ideal though. Good think you made it a little better by letting her pick out what interest most in the newspaper.
For this week I volunteered for Blue Jay Buddies. I had one student in 3rd grade and he was reading a book, Wonderstruck, that had some sign language incorporated in the book. It was very interesting because he knew some sign language and explained to me what each sign meant. When he got stuck on some words in the book I helped him say it out loud and figure out the meaning of the word. I felt like even though he was a really good reader that I helped him improve even more! I can't wait to work with him in a couple of weeks to see what book he is reading next!
That is really neat that they included sign language in the book. Sign language is used for all sorts of things now, especially children with learning disabilities. My cousin's daughter has Downs, and she initially didn't speak very clearly, so they taught her sign language first as a way to help communicate. I wonder what affect sign language has on reading and reading comprehension.
I like to hear that children are reading other books other than just fiction books! It's cool to see a child is reading book with sign language in it. Sign language is another language to us just like Spanish or French is so it is important too. Glad you had a good experience!
I accidentally posted on Blog #1 for the second week in the classroom. I did not see that there was another whole different blog for each week. Now I understand though! So I replied to Blog #1 and Blog #2 on Blog #1 and I also left 8 replies to people on Blog #1 since I thought it was all on the same Blog! I will reply to these posts too though.
This week was wonderful! I was able to work with Ms. Brown today and I loved the classroom environment. There was a lot less focus on technology, but there was more excitement from the students about reading. I helped a student with a book on hunting pheasants and he truly wanted to read. It was such a neat experience because he was able to relate the story so much to his life. The students did a book inventory with scholastic book catalogs that Ms. Brown and the librarian were going to use to increase her classroom book stock. The students even brainstormed together on what they think about while they read and were asked to write (on a sticky note) what they were thinking about while they read. Everything we learned in class was being utilized my Ms. Brown and she didn't even know it. It was awesome!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that cool to see authentic application?
DeleteI am glad your experience went well! Were the students able to pick out a book they wanted to read or was one assigned to them? I feel like in reading especially at a young age students like to read recreationally instead of being told what to read so I love seeing teachers encouraging students to read books they like and have them write a report on it.
DeleteIt was super cool to see the application. The students got to pick their books. They had either checked out a book from the library before or they could go to the classroom library for a book. I totally agree. The choice is so important to keep students interested.
DeleteI think this is a perfect example of how much more interested in reading students can become if they get to decide and they will be more interested if they pick something they like. I think it's great that the students were still engaged without technology.
DeleteI think it's awesome that Mrs. Brown is allowing the students to decide what books to add to the classroom, because they will be the ones expected to read them. I love how the student was able to read the book that HE wanted to read!
DeleteWhen a teachers lesson all falls together and certain parts just satisfy others and compliment others without you even realizing. authentic application, like Dr. B said is awesome when its in the works. It's almost like seeing a lunar eclipse; so beautiful. during my lessons I am going to purposefully try and connect everything together in this fashion where hopefully it goes unnoticed and just awes the class.
DeleteI think it's a cool idea of using technology in classroom because it can help students to develop their ideas of thinking. In my future classroom I would provide some of technology like ipad or computers. In this case, it can be another resource for students to research the knowledge by using technology.
DeleteI love the sticky note idea. We had a teacher use this idea when I was in high school, and while I thought it was kind of dumb then, now I see the beauty of the activity. I also love that your student picked a book that was relevant to his life and what he enjoys. Sticky notes are a great way to help students utilize the the reading skills that they employ when they read and I'm sure stickies could be used to help students make inferences and to write down words they don't know too.
DeleteIt's cool to hear that not everything in the classroom is focused around technology. I like it old school some times, so it was nice to hear. Ms. Brown seems like a very good teacher and models great for her children. I like how her children are really wanting to read.
DeleteThis week was a little different because we weren't reading about as serious of a topic. Today, they were reading a kids newspaper all about community. It was a different experience for me because I worked with two kids today who were very different. One was excited about reading and the other was not at all. One of them read really loudly and clearly, while the other just mumbled where I could barely hear him. Neither one of them seemed interested when it was the other's turn to read. The one that didn't like reading kept playing with his pencils and refusing to read more. To get them more focused and listening, I asked them questions about what they learned after each article. I also let the kid who didn't like to read pick the articles we read, so that maybe he would be more interested. I think it would be even harder to try and watch everyone in the classroom and keep them all on task, so I think us being in the classroom is a lot of help to the teacher, who can't focus on everyone at once.
ReplyDeleteI think our presence is a real help to our teachers, especially this week when it was just Ms. Nichols (the student teacher) was by herself. I liked how the teacher told everyone to read the whole article (about three pages of reading). However my buddy really wanted to do the crossword afterwards before writing his blog answers and he was not allowed to. This upset him and he did not want to continue with the assignment. Perhaps she should have let the students do the crossword before the blog to kind of break up the assignment and create interest in the subject. Do you agree?
DeleteI love that you tired to help encourage the student to get interested in reading. Hopefully, he/she will be interested in reading one day. I think it is hard for students to get excited about a subject when they can see that they are not as strong as their peers at the subject. Your presence probably helped him, if nothing else, focus on reading when it was his/her turn.
DeleteDo you think that the articles about community were an attempt to integrate social studies instruction? If so did it work or were the articles too difficult because the students couldn't become interested?
DeleteLike Meredith was saying, I liked how you tried to engage the students to get excited to read. Doing ALMOST whatever it takes to get a student engaged and excited about something is crucial. giving them options and control is also a great way to get them on board with something they seem disinterested with.
DeleteIt is great that how teacher integrate students to read a kids newspaper all about community. This because when we think of newspaper would not be interesting for kids. But this teacher brought up a good idea of teaching.
DeleteI would be using this in my future class. But I would think somehow it would be hard if students do not interesting in reading newspaper
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DeleteI'm g;ad that you are finding you are a lot of help in the classroom. That is a good experience to have two different readers because when we are teachers we will have the same difficulty. How would you as a teacher address the disinterest in the articles?
DeleteI experienced this same problem when I read with my students. I also had two students and one student was a great reader, and the other struggled. I think its important that you let the student who did not enjoy reading as much pick the article, and also that you tried to keep them engaged by reviewing the article with them after they read. I had the same problem when I had my students alternate reading. I think it would've been helpful if they each had their own article to look at, and maybe if you would've had them pick up reading in random spots they would pay more attention for fear of not being in the right place.
DeleteLike Krista pointed out, yesterday the kids read about community. My buddy seemed more interested in this topic especially learning about how Oral Lee Brown's contribution to the world. He liked how she was recognized for sending 19 and more students to college. This could be because he loves the Westminster Blue Jay sports as well as Mizzou football. My buddy also told me why he didn't like to read and he said he did not like how long it is. Overall today was better than before because he seemed more interested in this topic more than the last and I figured out how to help him read which is take turns reading and have him read smaller chunks of an article. I also think today was better because I learned some new topics myself (such as who Oral Lee Brown is and what she does)! :)
ReplyDeleteI find that it is much more fun when the student is not the only one learning. When I can learn too, it helps me get excited about a topic in order to learn more. Your excitement from learning information with the students can be used to get the students excited too. Even though your student was not interested in reading I think the connection of the sports and you learning more about his interests helped him get excited about what he learned.
DeleteI do agree that the newspaper was pretty long and it was hard to keep them focused on it the whole time. But, when they found articles they thought were cool, they didn't have as much trouble staying on task. The fact that he found the connection to sports himself shows that he is making connections while he reads!
DeleteI think breaking the article into chunks probably helped your student focus more on the article. As a student it can be intimidating to know that you have to read a wall of text.
DeleteAs pre-service teachers and teachers to be we will never be done learning! Taking mini breaks during reading can help students stay more on task which could help with the length of reading, as well as concentration level.
Delete"How Oral Lee Brown's contribution to the world." I have no idea what is it about but I am glad to hear your story of the day with kids. Yes! sometimes it can be hard for student to see the long article for them to read. Even me if I see a tick book I wouldn't like it neither. But I like how you worked with them.
DeleteThat is awesome that you have noticed how your buddy likes to read and have adapted the assignment to reading in smaller chunks. I also liked how he related the article to local sports. If you were his teacher what kind of articles would you have him read?
DeleteGood job breaking up the article into chunks! I think those little newspapers they use can be daunting sometimes because they have so much information and the students see the length of the paper and immediately shut down because they don't want to read that much. I have found it also helps to just fold the paper in half so that some of the articles are "hidden" and it makes it easier for my student to see what they are reading and also decreases the size of the paper.
DeleteOn Friday I was in Mrs. B's class. Unlike last week the students were not assigned articles to read but were allowed to read (SSR). Mrs. Brown however asked me to complete an assessment with a student in the hall. The assessment was; an alphabet list- which the student had to state the letter, a word using the letter, and what sound the letter made, and several lists of words which the student had to read aloud. The student I was working with did an excellent job and after we finished the lists I would tell her how to say certain words- the example she seemed to have the most difficulty with was the word 'none' and I reviewed it with her for a moment before we went back to the classroom. I enjoyed my work on Friday this week than the week before though both experiences were incredibly valuable. I think that the presence of Westminster students helps the teacher in many ways! Just by doing an assessment a chunk of time can be used in a way that could prove to be more valuable to the class as a whole.
ReplyDeleteI hope that your experiences only continue to get better. I definitely agree with you and feel that we are making a difference in the classroom. I think that we are able to help give the teacher a break and refocus the student's energy towards an individual activity rather than constantly focusing as a class.
DeleteYay! Im glad your experience was better than the last. As I was walking out of the classroom you and your new buddy seemed to have a connection (like she seemed to be interested in what you were saying). Good job!
DeleteI think it is a big help that we are there as well. The individual time you spent with that student probably helped her much more than the teacher trying to focus on the whole class could have.
DeleteI could not agree more, I think the presence of us, the college observers, is a great help. several times I've been asked to give a hand here and there to just walk around the room simply help with the little things. Its always helpful to have another set of adult hands around!
DeleteIt's very nice to know how students get more interacted with you. You seem to get more responsibility to do. I think somehow I would love to work with older kids. I am glad to hear students in your class getting a better work.
DeleteI'm glad you have been getting something out of all of your school visits. You really helped that girl out and gave her the special attention she needed. She would not have gotten that attention if it wasn't for you. I am sure she gained confidence from this experience with you and will never forget it.
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ReplyDeleteI made up this weeks observation on Thursday Oct. 2nd. I was back in Ms. Downey's room during there reading hour. Today the class was working on their class computers trying to find the "authors purpose" of certain excerpts that were given. While majority of the class worked in pairs I was observing Ms. Downey work with the struggling readers. In this private session, the students had a bag holding index cards, on these cards there were "hard words" that the group all had trouble with. The exceptional individuals were reading a scholastic magazine that had an article inside containing all of the groups struggle words. For the remainder of the session we worked on correcting and preventing any issues with pronunciation. After the private group rejoined the class it was time for silent paired reading where i oversaw a group of excelling readers that were working on finishing up the first harry potter book. I helped when i was needed but mostly sat back and watched today.
ReplyDeleteHow did the students use the index cards with "hard words" to understand the words and in the context they are being used?
DeleteThat is interesting that she has the students write down words they struggle with on notecards. I'm assuming they have little baggies so that they can go back later and review the words. I wonder if it would be more effective for everyone though if she created a word wall and reviewed the words daily with students.
DeleteLast Wednesday my second time of working in preschool. The lesson plan of the day is about spider. It is one of interesting topics that students all excited to learn. When I was in the class. Mrs. McDonald started telling students the story about spider and mouses. They all were exciting and making surprising sound. I was just liking the ways how she teaches.
ReplyDeleteNext, activity was about create their own artwork. Creating spider is one of activities that I am planing to use in my future class room. They all are so ready to learn new thing all the time. Mrs. McDonald was so happy and one of the fact that her students love her because she keeps smiling all the time in that class.
After, that there were a small break so I got a chance to read a short story for some of small group. They all were reading aloud with me after I read to them first and they started repeating it again. I truly loving this class and cannot wait to go back again.
I'm glad you really like the class that you are working with! What did the creating a spider activity look like, are there any changes you would make to the lesson?
DeleteThat is awesome that the students are engaged in the lessons and really enjoying themselves especially you too! In what ways do you think Mrs. McDonald teaching style engages the students in a positive way?
DeleteI am curious as to how a spider sounds. I think this would be a great activity to incorporate multiculturalism by using the story of Anaszi the Spider and I'm sure it would be easy to find a tribal tale about mice. I also think its important that you are using what you are learning in the classroom as ideas for your own future classroom.
DeleteThis week in the classroom, the students learned about the concept of communities. We were once again handed the social studies newspapers, and I read the entire newspaper with my student Jayna. While I realize I have my own interests, I cannot help but find these articles incredibly boring. I can tell my student Jayna is also disinterested in the articles, and it is difficult to try to find a way to engage her in the articles. I have found though, that if I allowed her to pick the articles she wanted to read in the newspaper, she enjoyed the experience more. I also opted to read some of the articles to her this time which she really seemed to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear they are learning about communities because a classroom is it's own community! I agree with you that these articles are not ideal though. Good think you made it a little better by letting her pick out what interest most in the newspaper.
DeleteFor this week I volunteered for Blue Jay Buddies. I had one student in 3rd grade and he was reading a book, Wonderstruck, that had some sign language incorporated in the book. It was very interesting because he knew some sign language and explained to me what each sign meant. When he got stuck on some words in the book I helped him say it out loud and figure out the meaning of the word. I felt like even though he was a really good reader that I helped him improve even more! I can't wait to work with him in a couple of weeks to see what book he is reading next!
ReplyDeleteThat is really neat that they included sign language in the book. Sign language is used for all sorts of things now, especially children with learning disabilities. My cousin's daughter has Downs, and she initially didn't speak very clearly, so they taught her sign language first as a way to help communicate. I wonder what affect sign language has on reading and reading comprehension.
DeleteI like to hear that children are reading other books other than just fiction books! It's cool to see a child is reading book with sign language in it. Sign language is another language to us just like Spanish or French is so it is important too. Glad you had a good experience!
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ReplyDeleteI accidentally posted on Blog #1 for the second week in the classroom. I did not see that there was another whole different blog for each week. Now I understand though! So I replied to Blog #1 and Blog #2 on Blog #1 and I also left 8 replies to people on Blog #1 since I thought it was all on the same Blog! I will reply to these posts too though.
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