Sunday, April 29, 2007

Journal 9

I’m half way through Coop and I’m feeling great. Each day I am learning and participating in something new. I have learned so much, and I have realized that this is definitely something I would love to do in the future. With all-star reading I have noticed that all kids are different and that all kids improve and work at their own level and at their own speed. However if you put in enough time and effort with each child they can improve more and more. I have also learned many strategies and techniques to help children learn and understand things better. Presenting all these different techniques and strategies to each child, helps the student figure out what strategy helps them the most, and they work with it to benefit them.

The low point of my week was finding out that I would not be working in Mrs. Greer’s class anymore. Mrs. Slomka needed someone to take Haley in the afternoon, and she asked me if instead of going to Mrs. Greer’s classroom I could read with Haley. At first I was disappointed, I really enjoyed working with Mrs. Greer and her class. However after reading with Haley I realized that she is a really intelligent girl, and that she is really friendly and nice. She really enjoys reading, and she wants to read more and more. This made me feel good knowing that I am helping her improve in her reading.

This week I learned that next week is the school play, and because their is going to be too many distractions All star reading is cancelled. Mrs. Slomka asked me to talk to her about it on Monday, and she will figure out what I am going to be doing next week. I was excited to learn something new, and to work in a new environment.

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