Textbook Assignments Chapters 2-8 KWL

                                                                                     Due: June 12, 2019

Textbook Assignments Chapters 2-8 KWL

What I KNOW about the topics:

After reading and reviewing chapters 2-8 I realized that I was familiar with most of the content in each area. The great part about these particular chapters was I got to go more into depth with some of the content that I didn’t feel as confident with. I’ve taught 4^th grade reading for 7 years and 6^th grade reading for one year and most of the content I actually had to teach however after reading and watching the videos provided my learning went further. Such as I understood the importance of picture books, but really going into depth and reminding myself/refreshing my memory about how meaningful picture books truly are was something I really enjoyed. I felt pretty familiar with the majority of the terms that I came across throughout the chapters however I did find myself going back and double checking on a few. Traditional literature is always a fun unit, and I felt pretty comfortable with all of the content in that chapter.

WHAT I learned about the topics:

The topics that stuck out to me the most were the poetry chapter, the awards, and the anatomy of the book. The way that poetry was presented in this particular chapter was different than what I had really seen. I learned that poetry isn’t truly considered a reading genre and that we can find poetry within all types of genres. That was something new for me. The way to evaluate poetry was also something that I had never seen broken down like that, so that was very helpful for me. The anatomy of the book chapter was truly interesting to me. I had never heard of most of the vocabulary words besides the cover, the spine, and of course various text features. This was something new and fun for me to learn about. The awards were something that I have heard of, but after going back and researching how each award was chosen that gave it an entirely new meaning. I felt like that was something that would be very helpful for me.

What I still need to LEARN about the topics:

I feel like I need more work with beats and rhymes within poetry. Brushing up on terms like assonance and consonance was not something that I have gone into great detail in during my teaching career. I still feel like I need to get more familiar with the awards, what books have earned them, and why. I feel as though the bibliographies that we create will also help with that tremendously.

How will I share this with others?

I felt as though having to create a blog would be very beneficial not only for the course, but it is a great way to share information. I have Twitter that I use for my classroom, but using a blog is very interactive and it is a great way to keep your information organized. I feel like my students and parents could use and benefit from the blog that I create to share my information. Another great way to share this particular information about would be in like a weekly/monthly newsletter depending on what we were focused on during our library time lessons for that time frame.