So, I was on my way to work today and thinking about this blog. I can't help but feel like this is a reality tv show and I really want to have fun with it but try to imcorporate my reading into it most of all. I hope your week is going well.

PARALLEL EXPEREICNES TAPPING THE MOTHER LODE: CHAPTER 3

The chapter is interesting and the teacher has to work with individual departments, helping teachers see how the work that was done on thus far would apply in their discipline, math, science, english, exc;

The author could feel the tension and felt like the teachers were upset she was even there or they had to even be there. One thing that caught me was that it was truly not that they were upset about what was next but they were actually scared. I'm scared everyday thinking "will i know this" but more important understand it well enough to make my students understand.

the author writes that a man came up to her and can't do something. Later the author tries to relaate it to a real life example by asking the man if he can read a blue print, ofcourse I can read it it's a simple blue print.

Her point was made right away and its interesting to think about real life and how we are all not good at soemting at one point but later we become profecient or even experts in the matter.

I did not enter this world understanding eveything, I came into this world knowing how to cry. I learned to read, write, do math. the author talks about how valuing skills may not always be important to some but in some way they are.

So, if i can teach you how to read directions than there may be a teacher who can teach you math.

Well I believe many people are reading this same book I'm, "Do I really have to teach reading". It's actually very funny and a fun read. During our meeting today a few people were talking about some parts of the book I'm just getting to. I better stay up on my reading because it feels like they ruined the end for me J jk.

The author writes “Meaning doesn’t arrive because we have highlighted text or used sticky notes or written the right words on a comprehension worksheet. Meaning arrives because we are purposefully engaged in thinking while we read”

This author is talking about teaching the kids to be strategic readers and become more thoughtful in their reading. Sticky notes and highlighters don’t make kids better readers. It sure never made me one. I think I highlight stuff just because it makes me look like I did a lot of work. To be honest I have highlighted a book until it was fully yellow almost, but for what? We need to narrow our thinking down and the author is trying to teach us that we need to become realistic teachers and it’s not that simple.

NO EASY ANSWER.

Can comprehension strategies important to learn any discipline? The author claims that it was her fault that the students were not showed how a meaningful connection could deepen their understanding of the text. She used a double entry diary. On the left side was “quote or description from a scene in the reading” and on the right side “record of the strategy being taught”. She also had a student when asked something would always say “so what” the teacher did this to her one day and the student never said it again. They continued to make connection between their life and the story, one student had a little brother much like the one in the story and so on.

One reading about a boy who is drinking out of a tin cup but the little child in the class asked why would you do that? If you drink out of a tin cup it will taste gross. Than the teacher asked if she could think of a real life reason as to why you would drink out of a tin cup and she got it “oh the kid is poor”. She did what all good readers do she made a connection to her personal life to help understand the tex.

 

 

Do I really have to teach reading?

As I was looking for a book to read one that came across caught my eye. Do I really have to teach reading?  Going into math education I never thought about having to teach reading. However, thinking about it now it makes sense. Math is not only just numbers and understand how to read a question will be very important to my learners.

Chapter one, “I’m the stupid lady from Denver” I would like to share a paragraph with you from the book.

“As I prepared for the lesson the week before my trp. I kept saing to myself, “Whjo cares? How does the stupid chapter on viruses affect my life?” I worried that if I couldn’t get excited about it, how would I engage students I had never met? (Tovani, page 2)

She continues her story about how she needed a plan. She used a real life situation about herself in a plane were a man was sick and she would cover her mouth feeling the germs landing on her. She used this life lesson to tell a story about how her question propel her thoruhg chapters on viruses to help hear understand and learn. Stories will always be good in lessons and to help students stay interested in what you have to say.

“There is an importance of noticing what good readers do when they are constructing meaning” (tovani, page 5). Something relevant to this class as we should learn what good readers do and how they make sense of things in text. What will you get out of this reading? Maybe nothing but confusion or maybe intrest in wanting to learn more or read the book for yourself.

One thing I really agree with is the importance of teaching many strategies well. Albert Einstein said if you can’t explain it simply you don’t understand it well enough. I agree fully and this is something that scares me in teaching. Will there be something I cant do well? I’m sure there will be but I have built a community of teachers and friend a network of people I can collaborate with. This helps.

All in all the book has been funny and interesting while learning things so far like storytelling and planning ahead. It’s a great way to see how we can help model our reading process for students.

My next blog will be about supplementing ideas to use required textbooks.

Well I'm not sure where to start, it was a cold and rainy night. Not really but it sure is hot outside. I love New Mexico weather.

As I start my adventure with my first blog ever  I had to find and read 5 blogs but i was not sure where to start. So I googled Bloggs. Jo bloggs came and and fred Bloggs. I kept my research on blogs and found blogs on politics and preschooler bloggs and even some blogs that were very strange and apparently some people just have something to say. blogs can 

I found the there are even bloggs by genre, you have media, devices and even revers blogs. A revers blog is composed by its users rather than a single blogger. It was actually fun learning about bloggs becase i always pictured bloggs were peoples lives were followed like a reality tv show. 

The best blog i read was http://girlwpen.com/. It was “bridging feminist research with popular reality.” and I quote from the blog "A book should never be treated as a statement of some final Truth. Instead, a book is best put to use as moment of condensed insight that focuses and clarifies ongoing conversations" (first paragraph in the blog). It totally reminded me of what we are doing. If you have time check it out.

I never really thought of bloggs as something you can create knowledge from. Or a group of people getting together to share knowledge. What about a blogg for cancer patients who can talk about their stories. I bet you can find a blog on anything. 

Blogs can build community of educators to teach students a topic or how one teacher has a great way to teach fractions from a fractal. We can have a community school of educators sharing their knowledge with other educators. 

My only concern is that you cant trust everybody out there and you don’t know who is typing what. There are still risks when it comes to social networking and we must be diligent and aware. 

I don’t really know what tones or voices a blogg uses but you sure can YELL!!!! if you need to. I guess the story and the words used can make you understand what somebody is feeling or trying to say. 

I don’t like reading long blogs I like the shorter ones maybe even short quips and quotes are my favorite. I have yet to read anybody's blog yet but I'm sure looking forward to reading about their books that i have not read yet to see if I can learn something from it. I find this to be a very interesting idea and I hope its something I can maybe use in my class. Maybe start a class blogg were students can collaborate on mathematics and problems they are having. Sometimes its even easier to write what you are trying to ask and you may be less shy. 

Anyway I don't know how to end a blog or even begin a blog so for now I will say goodbye and until tomorrow ill write again.