The Routman article (2003) taught me ways to be an effective teacher:
• Their students spend about 50 percent of the day reading and writing;in less effective classrooms, students may spend only 10 percent of the day reading and lots of time on "stuff
• Their students spend enormous amounts of time reading easy text that they can successfully read with fluency.
• Well-crafted, explicit demonstrations and explanations during all aspects of reading instruction-whole class, small group, individual are standard practice.
• They promote purposeful, open-ended talk( teacher to student and student to student) that is " more conversational than interrogational".
• The task assign are meaningful and challenging, involve some student choice, and often several content areas ( reading, writing and social studies, for example
• They evaluate student work more on improvement and effort than on achievement. They prepare rubrics students can use to evaluate their own work. They spend little time preparing their students to take standardized tests. (Routman, R (2003) Reading Essential. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, p. 185-200.)
I found these ways to be very helpful to help set up my future classroom. These tips will help me develop a strong classroom schedule and environment.
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A teacher must have an organized classroom because if the classroom organized students and teacher will be able to locate things very easily. Also, it will not take time out of the class time for the teacher to find things. It is important for the teacher to label things so the children can find things easier. Also, the teacher should organized the library by leveled text and by interest. This way students can find books of interest of them quickly so more time is spent of reading than picking out books.
According to Harvey and Goudvis (2007) " Build in lots of time every day for kids to read, just read. '' ' Reading volume- the amount that students read in and out of school-significantly affects the development of reading rate and fluency, general knowledge of the world, overall verbal ability and last, but not least, academic achievement" (pp. 241). I think it is important to give students time to read in class because I strongly believe the more you read the better student and person you become. Reading is a life long skill.
Ideal Classroom Schedule
Arrival, Morning Jobs, Library Time ( to pick out books if necessary
Morning meeting
Guided reading groups/ conferences
Reading workshop
Writer's workshop
Read aloud
Quiet time free reading
Journal time
MAth workshop
Social studies, science, art, choice time
Homework pack up
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