Dear Busy Bee's,
This past week of classes and interning has been very hectic! I have gained a lot of responsibility in the second grade. I am in charge of BLC (Bull's Learning Club) focus groups, morning meeting, and a fluency station during centers. Also, I am trying to observe kindergarten, when I have the chance, because it is the grade I would like to focus my classroom management plan on. I love the second grade but I have realized from reading Making Sense of Phonics, that I am very passionate about teaching emergent readers. For example, when I read about teaching the alphabet I realized how important it is. I forgot about every letter representing a sound, which may sound insane to everyone reading this, but it's true. The english language is so natural to me I do not appreciate understanding it anymore, until I read chapter 2 in Making Sense of Phonics. In chapter 2 I really like this quote, “The alphabet allows speech and thought to become permanent,” it
embraces the alphabet’s importance. During my Bulls Focus group I am
going to teach my group of students how important the alphabet is and why we
need to keep that fact in the back of our minds. Last Friday, when I observed kindergarten, I walked around the students working at their tables. One child read his sight words to me and I loved how proud he was that he had all the correct pronunciations. Another reason why I would like to focus on emergent readers is because, “If
you would like to ‘see’ the differences in young children’s abilities to engage
in the continuum of phonemic awareness activities", from chapter 2 in Making Sense of Phonics. I loved how the book taught me how
to teach young children phonemic awareness. I like how at the end of the
chapter the author gives the reader a chance to take what they have read and
put it into real life!
Tomorrow will be a busy day. I am taking over my collaborating teacher's classroom because she will be working on the schools improvement plan. I am very excited for another hectic week with a bunch of readings, assignments, and teacher planning to do! I hope you all embrace your busy weeks and connect all the knowledge you will learn!
Sincerely,
Buzzing Intern
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