Blog #6

Prompt- Field experiences relating to content literacy- observations, interactions, and questions. Response to Readicide. Suggestions for seminar topics on 3/08, progress with literacy explorations and strategy lesson, reflection for how to avoid readicide in your content area.

I've realized some things this past week with teaching. There are some of my kids who are very smart and know a lot of things and pick up things quickly and then there are the ones that surprise me with how little they know. I had a student come up to me the other day and ask me what inject meant. That was not a word I was anticipating having to explain to a 15 year old. After I asked her to repeat her word to make sure I had heard it right. I explained that it was "like when you got a shot from the doctor, when they put the stuff in you, that's injecting." It constantly amazes me how smart these kids are but at the same time how little they know. The things that I take for granted that they should know, they don't. Also, I've learned don't let a group of 9th graders go out in the hall to "discuss" an article, it won't end well and you'll end up getting complaints from not only them but other students who were in the hall as well. I just kind of assumed that since I did it, and preferred that, they could handle it. Well it was a failure for the first period that I did not repeat for the rest of the day. I led all discussions after that and the classes went much better.