Wednesday, April 11, 2007
How Students Learn
Hao and I are in a third grade classroom in the Bellevue School District, and so far its been great. For literacy our students are learning and practicing literacy skills in many different ways. One way the students are engaging with literacy is through a teacher read aloud. The teacher has been reading a chapter book to the students for a few weeks, and after they hear a section each day they are prompted to answer questions related to what they heard, they sometimes develop these questions and other times are given them by the teacher. Also the students create some sort of book report about a book they have been reading about every month or so. The teacher is really creative with these reports and allowed for an integration of art and literacy. One example was that the student were able to fill in what looked like a large piece of film strip with both text and pictures relating to their story. The students seem to really enjoy these projects which range from poetry to non-fiction projects. Also the students are given independent reading time each day, and the classroom library has an abundance of books to choose from. These are some of the literacy activities that I have witnessed so far, and it seems that the students are given a variety of ways to learn and practice their literacy work.
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As I read this, I can't but wonder if I experienced the same thing when I was in grade school... My memory sucks. But I'm curious. How much does this reflect what you went through in grade school?
Thinking back to my elementary experience, I feel like I had a similar experience to what I have posted. I remember really loving the read alouds, I especially remember such classics as The Boxcar Children, James and the Giant Peach, and Mr. Popper's Penguins. I think we also had a lot of creative literacy projects as well. I definitely remember publishing my fair share of books back in the day!
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