Bethany's Inquiry 3 Part A Step 3

My lesson fit right in with my curriculum. That was how I had planned my lesson to go. Our reading lesson is so hard to veer from that I didn't have much choice. Also my MT goes very much by Reading Street. I have to say there is not a lot of freedom when it comes to Reading Street. There are not a lot of places to go in a different direction or use a different type of teaching style. I know we did this a couple of times when we did not use Reading Street for the day and it went well. When it was less structured and more center work the kids did great. They enjoyed what we were doing and there was also less behavior things we had to deal with. I did however try to break away from Reading Street comprehension on Thursday because I feel that even at this point in the school year they are getting tired and bored with Reading Street.  This helps it not seem so repetitive and boring to the kids.

The way Reading Street is structured did help me get to work on core practice better because there is a lot of whole group work. This allowed me to work on guided interactive discussions with the whole class. The students were also able to get use to the whole class doing this so that in the future they will be ready. I also think it helped the students because they were able to learn from more of their classmates. I know that Reading Street helped me plan my lesson but I also feel that the set up also hinders what we can do in the classroom.

My lessons went really well. The kids did really well with them. I think the only thing I would really change about them is get away a little more from Reading Street. Now that I have seen my class in a setting where Reading Street is not the main thing, I think it might be better for my class to do other activities. I would probably have more of a short lesson and then have them work in centers and have one of their centers be with me as well. This I would like to apply when I am in lead teaching. I hope it goes well but still nervous to try it.

I think the best thing I can learn to help me progress in teaching literacy is more fun ways to do it. I know reading programs are a big thing to use right now and sometimes they do really well and other times they don’t. I just want to the most or the best information I can to have my kids learn literacy in the best and most fun way possible. I also want to learn more ways to teach about guide interactive discussion. I know there are plenty of times you can do it as a whole group but I would like to learn ways to teach it in small groups so that I can do the center idea. I also would like to find fun ways for the kids to do it in groups that might be more student lead then teacher lead. I would need to learn the best way to do this and what areas of literacy would go best with this type of learning.