Today I observed my first class, Jasmine's level 2 reading class. Jasmine started the class out by writing the agenda for the day on the board. The agenda read; 1. attendance 2. Nightingale 3. Main idea. Jasmine first took attendance for the class and then handed out a short book that the class would read together. The story we read was titled Nightingale. Before reading, Jasmine asked everyone to pay attention for vocabulary they did not understand. Jasmine then began to read the book, asking her students to follow along. While reading, Jasmine would stop frequently to ask certain students if they understood what she had just read. Students would give a short summary of what was just read and then Jasmine would continue reading. We did not finish the story during the class period. After reading part of the story, Jasmine had her students take out their textbooks and read a short reading about the environment. Each student read the story alone while Jasmine walked around the room and frequently asked individual students how it was going. Some students would have questions about certain words, and others would be fine. At the end of the timed reading session, Jasmine asked the class a few questions on the readings to make sure everyone understood it. After the questions, Jasmine assigned homework on what students thought about social media and texting. The class had a short discussion about the homework before time ran out.
I think I learned a great deal from Jasmine today about how to go about teaching a reading class. She incorporated discussions, partner work, reading alone, and reading along with the teacher all into one lesson. I think this kept the students interest and made for a more fun class period.
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