Module 2 Summary:
“Learning Theories” powerpoint:
I found
this powerpoint to be very interesting. It was a good reminder to reflect on
the appropriate ways to teach in a classroom and cater towards everyone’s
different learning styles. I found the “6 A’s” to be a great reminder of just
how our instruction should always be. We should always be aware, asking
questions, accessing, analyzing, application and assessment. I think these are
all important components in having a successful and involved classroom. It
reminds me of what measures to take to ensure success in my classroom.
“Planning Strategic Reading Lessons” powerpoint:
I think
strategies reading lessons is a great way to make reading more interesting and
exciting for students. When the learning eventually becomes student led and
driven, that is when it is apparent that the student is learning on their own
and is taking ownership of their learning. This type of learning teaches the
students purpose in their reading and gives them a reason to continue reading
and learning. I think incorporating this type of learning in my classroom would
be extremely effective. By interacting with the text before my students read,
they will develop a greater understanding, learn more background knowledge.
They will also become more involved due to understanding the purpose for their
reading. I hope to incorporate this in my classroom during reading workshop
time. I think it is an attainable goal to assume that my students could learn
in this manner and enjoy reading more because of it.
“Literacy Practice: Promoting Content Area Reading” powerpoint:
Much of
this powerpoint discusses the value of scaffolding and providing steps for
instruction, allowing the student to gradually measure and master the new
concept given. I attempt to scaffold my students in most of our daily
instruction. By providing them with explicit instruction and the proper steps
to succeed, they are immediately that much more able to find the answer and
better themselves in the process. I mainly found the Content Reading Techniques
to be most helpful. These are all great ideas and I often incorporate some of
these strategies in my own classroom.
I found the
two videos on differentiated instruction to be very interesting and helpful. It
is always helpful to learn new techniques about differentiated instruction.
This way you are catering everyone in your class to their needs and helping
them learn in the best ability. We try to do this in my class by including a
lot of small groups, that are catered towards certain reading levels or
ability, that way while we teachers float throughout the groups, we can cater
instruction and help certain students on certain skills. Through this type of
learning, we can also help students by appealing to their interests and the
topics of their choice. I found the video by Tomlinson very interested as well
because it was interesting hearing about her process of learning how to adapt lessons
and help all the different learners in her classroom. I learned a lot from her
on how I can make my classroom more open and available to all my learners,
exactly where they are in their development process.
I also
found the graph provided to be very helpful. It is a great reference of the
ways we should and shouldn’t be scaffolding our students. I will definitely
refer back to the chart at times to ensure that I am helping my children in the
most positive way possible. Lastly, Bloom’s Taxonomy was a great review of what
students are capable of in regards to the appropriate category of instruction.
This diagram will also be a helpful reference in the future.
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