English writing has always been my weakness. To improve my teaching skills, I chose to continue studying this program. I was pleased that I completed the previous eight modules. I was excited when I first learned about module 9. Because it was about literacy, and I happened to have to worry about how to improve the literacy of students every day. The school does train us and teach us some skills and strategies, but this is not enough. There are still many things to rely on teachers themselves to slowly explore. The learning of this module is too timely. So when this module is going to finish, I found myself learning a lot. When I applied what I have learned to the classroom, I saw the progress of the students. My joy is beyond description.
The new insights into literacy learning I have:
1. Improving students’ literacy is not as difficult as we thought. There are a lot of strategies we can use. If we create a literate community in our classroom, we are moving our first step.
2. Whole in Whole Language is a new concept for me. It’s especially useful for teachers like me who teach the second language.
3. I can’t agree more about the importance of teacher quality. And the role professional development plays in training high-quality teachers.
4. I learn the many strategies that teachers can use in this module to improve literacy. I also like the specific strategies that I can use to differentiate instruction to help my students overcome problems.
5. The before, during and after reading strategies allow me to use more strategies in teaching reading.
6. It’s critical in improving students’ literacy if we can effectively build a classroom library.
7. Choosing the right book for students is also very skillful. And there is a lot to consider.
8. When planning a lesson, think about differentiation.
9. Using rubric is a good choice to assess students.
10. Writing is critical. And there are many strategies we can use to improve students’ writing, like small group writing, brainstorming, and positive feedback.
Ways I will change my teaching methods and curriculum as a result of this course:
Whole in Whole Language learning.
I will allow students more time to read by themselves with interrupting. Students work in small groups to understand their writing and get responses from their peers. I will support student-centered learning rather than teacher-centered learning by creating a literate environment, stimulating interest by helping them connect new experience with previous experience, and facilitating the learners' achievement of their intentions
Theme Based Learning
As a magnet school, my school encourages teachers to use them based learning. Theme-based learning is more close to real life. So, students will have more fun to input in education. I will choose themes that meet the curriculum requirement and connect to cultures, if possible.
Using rubric in assessments
Assessment is an important part to improve students’ literacy. I used many estimates in class, like giving feedback, classmates comments, questionnaires...., but after using the rubric, students have a more clear idea about what they are going to do.
Writing revision
By revising the draft, students can better every aspect of their works that might need help. I will group students to make comments on others works. I think getting an outsider’s opinion can be just as crucial as taking on one’s draft.
The connection between reading and writing
Reading affects writing and writing affects interpretation. Research has found that when children read extensively, they become better writers. I will sometimes let my students choose what they want to read and write. I think it will be useful that I ask students to read a book or article and retell the story with their language and write it down.
Small group writing
A small group allows efficiency in our teaching while pairing the qualities of our writers with objectives to nudge them forward. As students discuss what they are going to write, they are planning the writing. They have to think critically about how to verbalize groupmates opinion and how to turn that into writing.
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