Literacy
Literacy instruction should provide the balance and variety necessary to ensure reaching every student, even in the most diverse classroom. I include in my practice interactive reading and writing, shared reading, and as much independent reading as possible. I instill a love of reading and writing by offering choice, making instructional decisions and book recommendations based on student interest, and providing preferred conditions (like flexible seating). My classroom will be full of high quality literature, “just right” books, and relevant vocabulary. Both learning to read and reading to learn happen throughout elementary school: even the youngest readers need instruction in comprehension, and some older students still need help learning to decode. Differentiation in a classroom that uses the workshop model (as in my kindergarten internship) occurs naturally when conferring with children individually while they read or write. I am able to see where a child is in her work and provide scaffolding or offer extensions depending on individual needs.
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Fifth Grade Lesson Plan: Identifying Theme Using Supporting Evidence
This was the second of two lessons about theme. At the time, I was leading half of the class in a book group about The Fear Place; we were able to apply theme to our book discussion that day and going forward. Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Reading Using Illustrations This was the first lesson I created in my fall internship. It incorporates some of my favorite teaching tools: read aloud, role playing, and student discussion. |
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Read alouds filmed for Distance Learning in April 2020: Caps for Sale (left) for the kindergarteners from my fall internship and The Westing Game (right) for the fifth graders from my spring internship