Goodbye for Now Until We Meet Again... (Blog 13: Wednesday April 16 at 5:45pm)
With only a week and a half left in the semester all of the projects and assignments are coming to a close. Even though this class may end I do hope to continue blogging about what I use and experience in my student teaching next year. I won't make any promises, but I hope to let you know how my incorporating of content literacy in my lessons goes.
Am I scared? Not really, just nervous about the obstacles I know I will face. But I'm excited and still motivated to do the best I can. I know I won't be an expert my first year and that it will be very exhausting, but with the skills I have learned I'm hoping that even when I'm tired I've still reached my students through processes that work. I still don't know how I am going to decide what is most important to teach and what is the least so that at the end when we run out of time the not so important stuff is what was left out. I feel like through my student teaching next year I will be able to figure out the teacher's process and either do it the way they did or base my reasoning off of it somehow.
I can't wait to build my classroom and lessons through Pinterest. You don't understand how much it has grown since this course has begun. I have boards for every subject, my classroom, and teacher ideas. I will use what I can next year without taking over my student teaching classroom too much, but I will also figure out what I can use on my own once I'm out in the world on my own. I really hope that I have inspired you to collect ideas on your own in whatever way works best for you. Pinterest may not be appealing for you, but using this tool has opened up my eyes to so many different ideas that I really recommend that every teacher have some type of collection device.
I just hope that through the content literacy skills I have learned that I can incorporate them into my class and really teach my students to read, write, discuss, and listen to the best of their ability. I want to teach them skills they will use for a lifetime that really help them and not just for a couple days in my class. I really feel like my reading comprehension and discussion skills have improved during this class so I really trust them. I plan on keeping my Tovani book and going back to it when I need ideas or guidance. She struggled, but look at what she could do with those students! It's incredible!
"Content literacy" meant nothing to me over 3 months ago and now I think it is one of the most important concepts in teaching no matter what subject you teach. I was skeptical, but I really learned a lot about myself during this course. Reading, writing, talking, and listening skills are so important and I can't wait to see how this next generation of teachers decides to focus on these skills with our students at stake!
I really enjoyed these past 13 weeks of blogging and I hope you have enjoyed reading my thoughts and ideas. Now I'm off and hope to see you soon in the teaching world!
Sincerely,
Pin It To Teach It








