I really liked how this article discussed how teachers are to be models for their students. I feel that it is important as a future teacher to help students be able to read and fully comprehend texts. While reading this, it reminded me of my practicum teacher Ms. Gant. She did shared reading with the class and when they came to a word that they did not know, she would pause and they would read the passage again to find the meaning of the unknown word. I think it is important to take the extra time to guide students to find the meaning of the word. If they could not discover the word’s meaning, she would then have students to look up the word and write it in their journal. Modeling is so important for students, and I think this article refreshed my memory to why modeling is so important.
Posted by: jrleasure | February 17, 2010
Response to: Shared Redings: Modeling, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Text Structures, and Text Features for Older Readers
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Modeling is key to success in a classroom! Actions speak louder than words, and I think that as teachers (and as parents or parents-to-be) it is easy to forget how much children absorb what they hear and see.
By: Melissa Heller on February 17, 2010
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I really liked the vocabulary part as well. I believe that so many time students skip over words while reading individually. It’s great Ms. Gant is not only giving her students a good example, but you as well!
By: Caitlyn Council on February 17, 2010
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I think you are right. Modeling is so important for us to show our students. They need to see that learning isn’t necessarily something that just happens but even we as teachers have to work at it.
By: ivosic on February 17, 2010
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