After
doing the readings for the week in Chapter's 1-2 of Classrooms that work, I
learned several useful methods that can make a successful classroom. One of the most important aspects stressed in
all the methods seemed to be the need for balance. This balance involves not focusing on one
component more than the next, rather incorporating many skills cohesively. Throughout each of the methods, it seems that
to have a strong classroom, children have to be actively engaged in both
reading and writing. The most important
thing to expose the child to is a wide range of skills. Modeling and demonstrating good literacy
skills can be very beneficial in teaching in classrooms. Of course, this makes sense when thinking
back to how I learned in school.
Thinking back to learning the basics like the alphabets, my teacher
constantly reinforced our learning by singing and reciting them with us, and
using them daily.
Learning basic skills lead to improving children’s literacy skills. Also incorporating various reading choices can increase a child’s reading skills. The more a child reads the better they become at it. Usually, books that children enjoy when they’re younger, they enjoy the same genre when they get older. I know personally, when I was younger, I enjoyed reading adventure and fantasy fiction books, much like I do today. Overall, the key is to expose a child to a variety of book choices to motivate them to read more!
What methods from the reading do you think you could use to motivate students to read more?
I think the reading brought up a really good point of reading a variety of genres to the class. The authors made the point that girls are usually more interested in fiction and boys into non-fiction or information books. I think by reading a variety of these books the kids will find their niche and fall in love with reading! I also like the idea of spending the last 15 minutes of class in small groups discussing their books. I think this is a great way to build peer relationships and a love of reading at the same time!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I think balance is definitely one of the most important parts of teaching a child to read. I think if there is too much stress in reading a certain type of a book or too much focus on reading rather than writing, a child will eventually get burnt out and not be as interested in reading. I also think that goes with giving a child options of different genres to read.
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