Hello. I would like to tell you about my literacy experience in an fifth grade classroom.
Teacher
I learned that I need to improve on developing higher level questioning.
My cooperating teacher had students interact with one another by sharing predictions about what was going to happen in the upcoming chapter of the novel they were reading.
My cooperating teacher left notes to her students encouraging them.
Student
I realized the importance of asking questions before reading, assigning the students a task during reading, and guiding them through an activity after reading.
My cooperating teacher had and used a variety of reading material in her classroom and for instruction. I used printed versions of different genres. In my whole group lesson, I used a folktale.
Text
The students in my observation felt comfortable sharing in discussions and read alouds.
Context
My instruction might have been better with more discussions.
I want to provide choices for my students in their reading and writing. For example, allowing them to pick a destination to read about and create a travel brochure about that place.
