Teaching Strategies

Books are some of the best teachers we have “they teach us vocabulary social skills and new ways of thinking”(leigh). It’s also true that textbooks could teach a child this, but not in the way they would learn from a story. When a child is really engaged in a story they will learn a lot more than they think. “Books teach us history ”(leigh). and many books are based on certain time periods or cover certain events. When a child reads these stories, they will retain the

Through the course, I learned that there are many benefits of reading books to children. Children would improve their communicative skills by talking about their favorite part of the story. Children would respect each other by taking turns. They would improve their cognitive skills by predicting the events of a story. Moreover, reading books would expand children’s vocabularies by introducing new words.

“We see what happens when we introduce toddlers to books. They fall in love.” (Johnson). Luanne Johnson, an accomplished author, discusses how children are not born with a natural distaste for reading, they are very curious and most find books intriguing. Much like my own experiences, I recall my parents always reading to me right before bed, there were two very important authors that my parents would read from, including Dr. Suess and Sandra Boynton, these were authors whose books were the first ones I tried to pick up and read myself. I would sit my stuffed animals up around me and I would read to them, reading aloud to my animals gave me a sense of impeccable intelligence, I continued that habit clear up until I was approximately 9 years

Children can take more than one of these steps at the same time. This list of steps, though, gives you a general idea of how your child will progress toward reading.” (Helping your child become a reader) While these ideas may seem structured, it is also important to allow children to be creative and use their imagination. Although reading is imperative, too many arrangements and rules can turn a child off and lead to feelings of resentment, anger, and resistance. Reading should be set to the tone and pace of the child.

Reading books aloud to children from a very young age stimulates their imagination and helps with their social and emotional development. When children are read to they are can express their emotions clearer and develop their social skills. Children learn how to pronounce their words, build on their listening skills and also help them to improve on their spelling when they begin to read for themselves.

In your reflection, please attend to the following and cite specific examples from your student artifacts and video.

My parents stressed the importance of reading both fiction and nonfiction since my birth. By ten months old I could identify and sound out every letter of the alphabet, and they were stunned when they noticed my friends could not. Books quickly consumed my childhood. I read everything, from The Magic Tree House to The Royal Diaries to nearly every Bluebonnet Book available. And when space on my bookshelf dwindled after the addition of classics like Heidi and David Copperfield, I adored animal encyclopedias and a children's dictionary.

Teach children to examine ideas in text. (e.g., Highlight in passage, underline important facts, paraphrase each paragraph, and ask questions about the text.)

Children like to read what interests them, thus making them want to read more. A favorite strategy of mine is called the word wall. The word wall is on the wall and has all the letters of the alphabet on it and each letter has Velcro on the back. This helps children to decode words based upon letter patterns and their sounds. It also helps children to recognize and analyze word patterns. One more strategy I like is called multi-sensory. This is when we provide children with a variety of modalities when reading. These include touch (tactile), movement (kinesthetic), what we hear (auditory), and what we see (visual). Using this strategy helps children learn how to read, spell, and write. The only challenge I see it getting some parents to understand the importance of reading and how important it is for children in many different areas of development. Some people think reading is just that, reading, but it goes much deeper than that. I might have trouble stressing the importance of how crucial reading is starting at a young age. A question I had is do I bring up in my newsletter all the positive effects reading has in a child’s development or just write a couple bullet points? A great resource that I consider valuable in writing my newsletter is the local library. This is a fun trip for children to take with parents. Children get the opportunity to pick out books they have an interest in and the library has so many options to choose from. There are also many online

Teacher should make discuss the enjoyable and purpose of literacy and when you read to the children talk about the reason you chose the book and make story pleasurable. You should also try to capture the interest of the children and let them chose a book. Then role play the book with props of the characters in the story and change your voice to fit the characters’ if possible. Make the library area a quiet and relaxing area that children like to visit without force.

Instructional Activity: For this book, I would use it as a read aloud in a second grade classroom and at the end of each day of reading I would have the students answer a writing prompt form something we read about. This would be a great activity to improve the students’ writing skills and get their creative minds working.

My first choice to increase reading would be to read aloud to my students. Many research studies claim reading aloud increases students’ background knowledge, introduces them to several different story structures, and demonstrates “good reading strategies”, which all help to raise reading ability and scores on standardized tests. Reading aloud helps to build a sense of belonging. It helps students to share and learn from each other through discussion. Reading aloud helps to connects reader with content area subjects. Reading with older readers gives the knowledge needed to understand content subject matter. Finally, reading aloud increases a reader’s interest in independent reading.

(5-10 minutes) Teachers will read the article: Improving student achievement by extending school: Is it just a matter of time? San Francisco: WestEd. Each table will be assigned to a specific page number, staff members will read and discuss those pages then they will share with the rest of the staff members.

Describe your pet (name and what kind of pet it is). If you don’t have one, what kind do you wish you had? (think-pair-share) – Display animals on the board to get students thinking.

The greatest perception of what strategies work in the classrooms come from teachers because they are daily working in them. The CCSS (Common Core Standards) was implemented as a guide for teachers what students need to be learning in school. It doesn’t show how teachers should teach in the classroom. The people that decide how to teach in the administration of schools and teachers. They decide what strategies will work best to help the students to learn better. Professional Development for teachers are very important to discuss and collaborate about teaching strategies and what works for students. This workshops are imperative for teachers to learn from experts on the educations field. With teacher grade level collaboration can develop professionally by analyzing common core standards. These can create encouragement proficiency for the standards. The development of an instruction map can assist with instructional planning. Schools need to prioritize Professional Development in school, it is important learning time for teachers-. It need to be a priority for administrators because is the key for teachers to grow professionally and school to succeed. This valuable information can be transmitted to our classrooms for daily practice. The administration and coaches have the obligation to support teachers by giving them the new knowledge and providing with time and tools to implement the standards. Teachers need strong leadership people that will respect teachers and