Week 8

• Discuss the components of an effective writing program and why they are important.
• 1. the importance of an effective writing program is where you can get your students to use the proper grammar and fluency.
• How might you rearrange your schedule to create more time for students to write in general and, in particular, for students to write about their personal experiences?
• 2. I would use whatever down town we had in the classroom to help the students.
• How can you create ways for students to make personal connections in different subject areas through writing?
• 3. have the student write why they think they are struggling in and why they feel they are not doing well.
• How can student work help you decide which conventions to teach?
• 4.by looking at the student`s work it will show you what areas they are strong in and what they are weak in.
• When can you promote student inventions and experimentation with different formats in writing?
• 5. I think that it is very important for your students to be confident in their writing skills. When they feel that they are a good writer they will write and write.

COCA

I that this is a great way to assess a student`s reading level. This method, COCA, helps allow you as a teacher to work one on one with a student to get a better understanding on the student`s reading level. There are two different levels that can be used, Salmon and Dragonflies. This is good becasue you can chose which one fits best for all different types of students. Also, by a  teacher asking the students questions it helps the teacher get a better understanding  on what the student`s comprehension level is.

A Writer`s Story

From this video clip, it showed how the author had the students come up with an idea to show his imperfections when he was a child and told his own stories. By doing so, he showed all of the students that it was alright to be different and who you want to be. He made the students come up with their own stories about someone who was an outcast and different from everyone else. I thought this was a great idea to use in a classroom. By doing this it can somewhat have an effect on kids being bullied in school, because it shows the students how everyone is different in their own way and it isn`t “weird” so nobody should be picked on. This video clip shows a lot of positive outcomes.

Question: How would you use an activity like this in your classroom to make the student aware of bullying?

R4

I listened to the podcast about the reading engagement method. It talked about motivating students to read more at home and how parents should help their children read more at home as well. The R4 is used to help the students understand what they must do when reading and for the teacher can touch base and see how the student is performing with their reading. When a student understands on their own what they are actually reading, I think they will feel more confident in what they read. I think that it is a great way for parents to also help their children read and it will help make the students want to read more in the classroom as well as at home. The R4 is a method which helps promote students to read at home and the R4 is to Read Reflect relax and Respond.  is This podcast has taught me a lot about the R4 and it informed me on why students are having problems reading on their own and it will help with their confidence as well as their reading skills.