I think one of the most challenging roles a teacher plays would have to be preparing lessons that apply to each child's needs. In my class that I observe there is a girl who only speaks Spanish and the teacher sometimes struggles to prepare a lesson that meets her needs and the kids who are more advanced. Just this week the teacher was trying to separate the kids into reading groups and was having a hard time because they all are on different reading levels.
One thing that the teachers at the school I observe at have done to help with this problem is break the children into groups for math. They teach a concept and break them into three different groups. Reinforce, reteach, and advanced. Reinforce would be the kids who are on track and just need a reminder of the lesson. Reteach are the kids who aren't quite getting it and need to be helped more. The advanced kids are the ones who have it and know how to apply it, the teacher has these kids start on more advanced problems. Overall I feel like this is working fairly well and think it helps with the problem of diverse students.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
Blog Entry #4
I have done quite a bit of preparation for the kids lessons while observing. It really has made me realize what kind of extra time the teacher has to put in to make her lessons entertaining and educational. Whether it's been cutting papers for a craft they are doing later in the day, or inserting a page into their homework files, it all needs to get done in order for the students to succeed.
Another thing that the teacher has been working on is placing the kids into separate reading groups based on their reading level and comprehension. This is something she is having difficulty with because the kids are so diverse in their learning at this point. These past couple weeks she's been trying to get them caught up and grouped together so that they can read together easily. She's going to allow me to work with one of these groups individually which is something I am looking forward to because I will get some focused interaction with the kids.
Another thing that the teacher has been working on is placing the kids into separate reading groups based on their reading level and comprehension. This is something she is having difficulty with because the kids are so diverse in their learning at this point. These past couple weeks she's been trying to get them caught up and grouped together so that they can read together easily. She's going to allow me to work with one of these groups individually which is something I am looking forward to because I will get some focused interaction with the kids.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Blog Entry #3
This week when I went to observe the teacher had me take some of the students outside and have them read to me. This was really neat because I got to observe the students one on one and really see how diverse learners they are. I got the opportunity to read with three kids total.
The first girl I read with seemed to be an average reader, she wasn't bad but she didn't stick out as a really good reader to me. She did a pretty good job with most of her words and I only had to help her with a few.
The next girl I read with was Jarely (Yad-el-ly) She is a Spanish speaking student who is learning English. She was on a completely different reading level than the other girl. She was reading books like "I see a dog. I see a cat.". The thing I noticed most about her though was that she could read it. I was so impressed with her for being able to read what she could, she can barely speak English!
The last kid I read with was a little boy named Bryson. Bryson seemed to be more of an advanced learner. The teacher told me to try to get him reading in phrases rather than word by word. He read all his words without hardly any hesitation and tried to read in phrases as best he could. He was easily the best reader of the three.
I loved this experience it really opened my eyes to all of the children's different learning levels and abilities. Another thing I learned was that even though Jarely is still learning, she is progressing as fast as the other kids. She just has some catching up to do to get on their level.
The first girl I read with seemed to be an average reader, she wasn't bad but she didn't stick out as a really good reader to me. She did a pretty good job with most of her words and I only had to help her with a few.
The next girl I read with was Jarely (Yad-el-ly) She is a Spanish speaking student who is learning English. She was on a completely different reading level than the other girl. She was reading books like "I see a dog. I see a cat.". The thing I noticed most about her though was that she could read it. I was so impressed with her for being able to read what she could, she can barely speak English!
The last kid I read with was a little boy named Bryson. Bryson seemed to be more of an advanced learner. The teacher told me to try to get him reading in phrases rather than word by word. He read all his words without hardly any hesitation and tried to read in phrases as best he could. He was easily the best reader of the three.
I loved this experience it really opened my eyes to all of the children's different learning levels and abilities. Another thing I learned was that even though Jarely is still learning, she is progressing as fast as the other kids. She just has some catching up to do to get on their level.
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