Wednesday, January 28, 2009
My TE 402 Literacy Goals
Being that my focus is Language Arts, I clearly have a passion for literature. One of my goals is to discover effective and engaging ways to share that passion with my future students. I also want to learn ways to expand the realm of literacy. One of the articles I'm reading now for our group presentation discusses how literacy is so much more than an ability to read and write. I would love to develop this idea further and find ways to express that idea to the fullest!
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I think setting literacy goals is very important when teaching. There have been many times where I have planned out what I wanted to observe in a classroom or achieve with a particular students, but then without writing my goals down, they get lost in the shuffle. By having a set of goals you could even post in your classroom to see every day. A set of goals is also important to have as you develop your own teaching pedagogy. We take so many education courses that expose us to many different teaching ideals, it is important to keep a growing list of what you find important and feel comfortable implementing in the classroom. Something I have come across in my placement classroom is a quote that says, “Every child has the ability to learn; just not every day or in the same way.” For me this is a reminder that every child can be successful, but it is unrealistic to have them meet your expectations every day. Bad days happen, but as a teacher it is how you make the best of them that matters. It is also a reminded that every child learns in a different way. Some are visual learners, while others can get by with a verbal explanation.
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