Looking across Chapters 10 and 11, which of the
understandings and strategies in the comprehensive literacy program are you
already addressing/doing with your students (or have you done, or do you plan
to do)?
While
reading through the different components of a comprehensive literacy program, I
realized I had been exposed to all of these different techniques. My internship
placement this past semester was at a constructivist based, Kindergarten
school, so shared reading and shared journal was heavily emphasized. In that
particular classroom, each day would begin with shared journal and midway
through the day, we would do shared reading. Both of these subjects I really
enjoyed because it was a great time to get the students interacting in their
learning while also encouraging the students to be open about their experiences
or the things they enjoy most. In the classroom I was interning in, one student
would share each morning about something they did recently, a trip they have
been on, or just a story about going shopping with their mom. We would
encourage the students (the audience) to ask descriptive questions about the story the student
shared, and then the students would be able to draw a picture and then write
about the story. The head teacher or I would scaffold the drawing or writing if
necessary, but all of the students always enjoyed this time of day because they
got to listen to their peers and learn from them.
In
other field placements, I have interacted with these other literacy programs;
in particular, read-alouds, guided reading, and guided writing. Interestingly
enough, literature groups and individual writing conferences were things that
we automatically did with the class I did my internship in so until reading
this, I did not know they were a particular comprehensive literacy method. We
used those techniques to discuss whole group and get all of the students actively
thinking about the text or took the opportunity to have some one-on-one time
with students. I think all of these approaches are extremely successful and
necessary to implement in a classroom with young students. I have seen the
benefits of these teaching methods and plan to use them in my own classroom
some day.
Lizzie,
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of having students share their experiences from what they did during a particular day in order to use it as a journal activity. Whenever I came into the classroom on Monday mornings, all of my students had stories from what they did over the weekend. This would be a great morning activity for students to be able to share what they did and then write about it. I have found that when students discuss an event before writing about it, they are able to gather many details and descriptive sentences to include in their writing. I feel as though this class has been really beneficial for the both of us because as new teachers we are gathering great ideas from experienced teachers.