Post January 31st- Tim

My goal is to teach in my community where I grew up. I loved going to school in my district it was a lot of fun. However there were some issues that I know as a teacher there I would try to change. It came to the point in my schools where teachers were just trying to get the year over with and with the population in the schools growing I think we need to try and make it as enjoyable as possible. I have just always dreamed of teaching in a school in Rochester so I could maybe make a change or help make the school system there a little better. I feel as over the year the schools have lost their connection with the community and that there is no talking between schools and parents as much. This is something I would want to fix because in order to do well in literacy or in any subject student need more than just what they get at school. Parents need to be involved at home with student learning and this is something I would bring back to Rochester Community Schools. This class will help me think of way to reach my student and use literacy to further their knowledge. I also think that this class will allow me to think of different ways to teach literacy and help me create a fun learning environment for my students.

I really like the Langer reading a lot. I liked how the article discussed different approaches to  having student interact with literacy. It was interesting how all the approaches had the reader interact with what they were reading. The one of the 4 approaches mentioned that I personally liked the most was the one called “stepping out and objectifying the experiences.” I liked this one a lot because it has the reader take their time and think for themselves about how they feel about the reading and thinking of the experiences as they saw it. Overall I would use all four of the approaches because they make the student reflect on what they read and talk about the readings. This to me was a good article to make me think about what types of ways I would teach literacy in my classroom.