This chapter did a stellar job
helping to put things into perspective for many teachers-to-be. Reading those complex passages, I could feel
myself in the shoes of the young students I will be teaching. It reminded me of classes when I didn’t
understand anything, and it felt impossible to overcome. In the classes I have struggled a lot in, I
have managed to learn the content and be able to understand what is going on,
and I hope that I can help get my students there too one day.
I chose this picture because it portrays how many students feel reading in front of the class, particularly when it involves new math or science words. When a student feels uncomfortable pronouncing words correctly and must go over them several times in their head before speaking, it can be expected that they don’t know the meaning of many of these words either. I enjoyed this picture especially because I used to find the paragraph I would be in charge of…so that I could read ahead and know what to go back to when called on. This chapter talked a lot about growing students reading toolkits so that they could be better prepared to understand complex passages or new words. This all starts in the classroom, putting in the time and explaining to have the students achieve better reading skills. We must help them learn to examine texts and pull information out. I do intend to have these opportunities consistently in my classroom, to make myself a better teacher, and to therefore have better learners.
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I was in the same boat as you when it came to reading in front of the class. I hate ELA because my teachers did "popcorn" reading when we were reading novels, and my classmates would gang up on me to read. That experience is one reason that I will seldom if at all make students read from a new novel or textbook in front of the class. It puts stress on a student that can be avoided. We as teachers want students to enjoy our class, not get stressed out before they walk in the door.
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I feel like almost all students can relate to being uncomfortable when being forced to read in classrooms. In fact, I used to enjoy reading in elementary school when all that mattered was the characters in your book. I believe that it is our job as teachers to make sure our kids feel comfortable in whatever circumstance they may be put it, and make them feel safe. However, we should also be making sure that we play a part in their literacy. I hope to further my kids reading, and writing comprehension by finding ways to help them feel comfortable about reading in my classroom to build a good foundation for reading or whatever else they may need.
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