Week 2

It was interesting for me to try frontloading our reading assignment for Chapter 4 (Buehl).  I sent in key vocabulary and questions for the students to answer.  I found that this group of students liked the questions the best, but there were a few who felt the vocabulary helped them the most.  Like all good teachers, it is probably best to use a mix when working with your class.  

We discussed a number of strategies, particularly metacognition, and I am learning from my students as much as I learned from the text.  These students are already very good at so many reading tasks.  What I am really enjoying are the blog posts.  If you want to see what students are capable of...give them a blog!  

Check out these posts:

http://mrswhitandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2015/11/horses-cows-and-students-oh-my.html

http://terrillstorytales.blogspot.com/2015/11/teaching-terrill-my-first-lesson-plan.html

http://terrillstorytales.blogspot.com/2015/11/toto-by-terrill-day-in-kansas.html

There are many more good ones, these blogs are just a sample of what's going on in Educ. 338.

Stay tuned for more information to follow.