This week in my Teaching Children's Literature class, we learned all about poetry! We went over chapter 8 from Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature. I love how my professor made what we read in the textbook come to life in class. She lead be example by reading a few of her favorite poems aloud. Then she had us separate into groups and write our own poems. Here is a picture of what my group's poetry. Our task was to write about our experience so far in UTRPP.
Next, we practiced reading aloud to our groups and a few students read aloud to the class, including myself. I raised my hand to volunteer because I love, love, loved the poem I read to my group! I had so much fun reading it, so I decided to practice my read aloud and I presented the poem to the class. Once I started reading I remembered my voice being gone at the morning meeting in second grade. Ut oh, I thought, this read aloud cannot go well because my voice kept cracking and squeaking! In the end everything was great. My Teaching Children's Literacy class had fun because I made the poem come to life with my different, weird voices. I even had some of my peers laughing. I learned so much in this class about having to teach students the love of reading. That is how my professor started the class and that is how I left the class. Before Tuesday I hated poetry. Now I want to read poems to my second graders and teach them the importance of reading.
Sincerely,
Poetry Queen Bee Intern
P.S.- I hope you like the poem my group made! I had a hard time with rhyming but they taught me a lot during group work. I love how the teacher residency program has so much group work because I already feel better prepared to work with my team in the future elementary school I will teach at! :)
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