Module 4: Reading Reflection


After reading chapters 10 and 11 I have learned a lot about my teaching and things I need to start implementing in my classroom. In pre k it is easy to get caught up just teaching skills based literacy. After reading these chapters I see my wrongs and have made many plans to change the way I teach. Yes I will still teach my students’ letter recognition and sounds, as that is important at this age, but my way of teaching it will change. I am hoping to be able to create a literature-based classroom. I love the idea of teaching my students the basics and comprehension all at one time while reading. I hope to incorporate more choral and shared reading opportunities in my classroom, as well.  At the end of the year when my students start to read, I am not going to push for absolute correctness of every word, I am going to focus on getting my students to visualize what they read and gain meaning of what they read all while using books that have a less predictable structure.  

            I am also hoping to incorporate reading and writing workshops into my classroom. I have found many ideas in the book and through some articles that show how to incorporate this on a pre k level. I love the idea of how reading and writing together helps to promote good reading skills. I am hopeful that this year my students will gain a lot from these changes! I am very excited to continue my research on writing and reading workshop and implement it in August.

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  1. UnknownJune 30, 2013 at 3:47 PM

    I can definitely see how a lot of these strategies are difficult to implement in pre k. At that age, it seems that there would be a heavy concentration on letter-sound relationships and an overall skills approach. I do think that reading and writing workshop is a great way to start these strategies in your classroom. Pre k students can even "read the pictures" during reading workshop.

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  2. UnknownJuly 2, 2013 at 5:49 PM

    Shawnee, like you these chapters opened my eyes to how to better my pre-k class in reading preparation. I do think there are some things we are doing right, but we always have some room to improve. I like your point of reading and writing being taught together promoting good reading skills. I saw an interest in some of my students this year in wanting to write more. I am hoping that next year I can teach these two together and get my students prepared to be strong readers in the future.

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  3. UnknownJuly 4, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Like you and Mary, I also love the idea of reading and writing being taught together to promote good reading skills. The literacy program that my school implements is structured around the idea of modeling something, doing it together, and then letting the students try. This scaffolding is so important and I am so guilty of forgetting it. Thanks for the reminder.

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