Great Philosophies! Call Of Duty!

   Todays class we presented our major beliefs on the teaching reading and how it is important for students. I really enjoyed everyone's philosophies and everyone made a lot of really good points. Understanding that we as teachers need to ensure that our students acquire the proper reading skills and knowledge so that they can succeed not only in school, but also out in the real world. Everyone did a great job and it has opened my eyes to all the different aspects to teaching reading. I also enjoyed the evaluation of our classmates and how we had to mention three positive attributes. Made me realize how awesome everyone is and you are all great friends!

Thank you Ladies :)

Major Beliefs in Teaching Reading

Today we presented our Philosophy on Reading. My major beliefs was to have a positive and fun filled environment, be creative when creating lessons so that students will stay engaged, be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of all our students and use their strengths to accomplish the skills needed to learn, and to use the strategies we learned in college in our future classrooms.

I really enjoyed all of the presentations, it is a good way for us as future teachers to be aware of the different beliefs and how we can relate. I liked how Rachel had a presentation on the board on her major beliefs on reading. I liked how she mentioned that we should not only use the books but we should find other ways that worked to teach a lesson.

I noticed that most of our beliefs were similar but were presented in our own way. I know I was nervous, which I always am in front of adults. When I teach little ones, I don't get nervous. Oh, how I wish I could just not be nervous.

Philosophy Presentations

   In today's class session everyone presented on their philosophy on teaching reading. It was interesting and refreshing to hear everyone's beliefs on the subject and I found that my philosophy is similar to most of my classmates'. I found that I agreed and support all the philosophies that were presented because there were points that I definitely agree with and others that make me wonder why I hadn't thought of including in my philosophy. Some points that were mentioned was how reading occurs and is important in all content areas. Another that stuck to me was how we as educators need to be open-minded on the different strategies and tools that is available for us to utilize in our classrooms with our students. I enjoyed hearing everyone's presentations today and has reassured me that we all have the same mentality and beliefs, which goes to show that UOG has great teachers in the making.

Philosophy in Teaching Reading

     Today was a fun filled day full of presentations of philosophies in teaching reading. As a future educator, I believe that the goal of teaching reading is to give students the skills, strategies, and knowledge to read fluently and understand various texts. It is important that we, as teachers make reading a fun learning experience that students can enjoy. Everyone had great key points in teaching reading, such as integrating reading to content areas, technology, and making the learning environment positive and fun. It was interesting to listen to everyone's philosophy, because I know we will be great educators when we have our classroom. Everyone did a great job!!! I also liked how we ended the class with "Dr. Rivera's Pea". It was a great way to end our class with saying 3 positive things about our classroom.

Philosophy Presentations!

Today we all shared our philosophies about the teaching of reading. It was nice to be able to rate and comment on the presentations. It offers us the chance to read feedback from our classmates, which will help us for future speaking tasks. Everyone had great points to share, many beliefs were similar in nature. Kelsey mentioned that reading is a life skill, which is absolutely true. I also liked Rhea's ideas about early childhood reading strategies. Amanda recommended that our philosophies should not be just beliefs, but actions that we all need to perform as teachers. She is completely right on! I truly enjoyed each person's views about the teaching of reading. We all want the best for our students so no matter what our individual views are, we all have a common goal. I know that we will be reaching out to each other throughout our teaching careers. Thank you everyone for all that you have shared with me throughout this semester. And even though the semester is almost over, remember that learning is ongoing!

Words of WISDOM!!!

What a day! We shared our philosophies, and boy don't we have great minds. Many of us focused in on many of the same things and I thought that was really neat. I really thought everyone made it special by adding a pinch of themselves weather it is their specialties or focusing in on our majors. Now that the semester is coming so close to the end you can feel that we are all trying to get things done and stay on top of all our classes. YOU ARE ALL A GREAT BUNCH!!! Thank you for being such great classmates and friends. Dr. Rivera you have taught us many things that I will bring with me where ever I take my bag of tricks. Since we also focused in on positive I just wanted to add that too.

Philosophy Presentation

          In today's class session, we presented our philosophy papers.  Although I only discussed a snippet of my paper, I found it difficult to stand up there and try to remember everything from the top of my head. I really enjoyed listening to everyone else's philosophies on their teaching of reading because we all had different beliefs.  Overall, we all believe that reading is a very important skill to master and that can only be beneficial to our future as well as our students' future.
          We also did a little activity where we had to write three positive things about each of our classmates.  I found the activity easy to do simply because I have nothing but nice things to say about my classmates.  I have grown to know each of them better than I did at the beginning of the semester, and I am glad that I had the opportunity to learn and grow with them.  I also hope that we will not become strangers after we all have obtained our degrees.