In today’s moodle session we read two articles, one
on word recognition and the other on the common core standards. I found the
article on word recognition very helpful because it gives you strategies and
tips to help students remember words and this can help us when we become
teachers. The strategies that the article brought up seemed very simple and
effective. The article on the common core standards was interesting as well. I
think it would be good for our island to adopt and implement these standards.
It might be a little different for teachers and students, but I think these
standards will improve instruction and also help boost our student’s math and
reading skills.
Good evening, Evin! Yes, word recognition strategies seem very straightforward and simple. Yet, there are still many struggling readers in our schools. I am certain that our biggest challenge will be teaching those who are not familiar with the English language. I also believe that even though we may feel that teaching letter-sound correspondence and word decoding skills is simple enough, it is definitely more difficult than we think it is. This is why we need to have a very LARGE bag of successfully proven tricks in order to address all students' learning needs.
ReplyDeleteHi Evin! I agree with Rachel on how it might be a challenge with teaching in a multi-cultural classroom. However, an advantage might be the fact that we went to school here so we have an idea of what we are working with. It is up to us to dig up our resources and figure out how we are going to carry out our lessons to accommodate those students with English as their second language.
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to see the simplicity of the strategies! Having used them before, I agree with you that they are very effective. On the other hand, I agree with Rach and Jen that it can be difficult when having a class that is so culturally diverse. I am sure there are more strategies that can help us with our multicultural students.
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