I enjoyed this class a lot. It was different from most of the courses that I've had to take toward my special education licensure. It reminded me so much of why I majored in English during my undergraduate work. Reading is something that has always been important to me, and I want to share my love for reading with the students I work with who have special needs and often struggle when it comes to reading. My passion has become helping students who are struggling or nonreaders to become better readers. I learned so many useful strategies and ways of doing this throughout this semester. I loved the read alouds/book talks that Dr. Pytash took the time to do before each class. This is such a great strategy to use to help expose students to books that they might be interested in reading. I also think read alouds are great for struggling readers because it helps them to hear and see what a good reader looks like while eliminating some of the pressure they feel.
Finally, I think my favorite thing about this class is that Dr. Pytash modeled the strategies we were learning about and got us involved in using them. It's one thing to read about a strategy, but it's something entirely different to get to see and experience it.
I really agree with everything you say in your final blog note. Dr. Pytash really did a good job incorporating everything she was teaching into our class. Talking about modeling and leading by example!! The Read alouds/book talks were also a favorite part of the class for me, and I agree that exposing students to book they might not think they would read.
ReplyDeleteI also liked how Dr. Pytash incorporated what we were learning and reading about by exercising these ways to teach in her classroom. I love that she would hook us into the books by reading them out loud. Another thing is that she let us choose the books we read. I think that was the best part of the class because we were sure to be reading something that was an interest to us.
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