While reading all of the texts, my article, the powerpoints, and viewing the YouTube video there was a lot of information to soak in. One of my main questions was how do you go about bringing up an issue with a parent who just doesn't want to hear it?
Something that really "hit home" with me was talking about diagnosis being continuous. I know that a lot of teachers send their students to get tested but from my experience teaching I really like ot give the child a real chance. This means that although I have heard of this student being a struggling student, I want to give her a chance, see what she can do, and see if she has grown. I do believe that since we work with students so young there are so many "maturity levels" amongst the children. Some are late bloomers.
With the PowerPoint I found all of the terms very important and enlightening. I think that the different approaches were interesting to read about. Some teachers in today's education society are so set in their ways that they believe so heavily on specific phonics instruction. I personally believe that the best way to get a child to engage more in print is to surround them in it. Children should be able to look at books and be read to from an early age. I really do think that my school does a great job of following both the interactive and systems approach- both which are more individualized and focuses on the "whole-child".
I really believe that being a teacher is about making each student confident in his/her own learning. Allowing students to be intrinsically motivated is a dream come true! Student that can feel safe to take risks are happy students. Ways in which I encourage this is my classroom is observing the students and playing off of their strengths. I also think that it is important to praise a child for trying a new reading strategy out that was taught in the mini-lesson.
All of these sources we were introduced to this week explained the important of intervention and what teachers can do to understand differentiation within the classroom and what we can do to help each child.
(Differentiation is the million dollar word in education right now...)
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