The quote which first stuck out to me in the article Donut House was, "learning to read, not reading to learn." I think that thinking about children reading to learn is a wonderful idea and perspective to take in my future career. It is such a challenge to think about not teaching children to learn and focusing on the phonetics. Using sociodramatic play in classrooms and whole language approaches are great benefits to leraners.
The donut shop idea is such a wonderful cultural experience for the students in the class. A unit lesson about real life aspects would ge great to implement in my future and i really hope to have the time to make it thoughtful, and cover the standards that are necessary for my grade level.
I definitely agree that it is a challenge to adjust our thinking on not teaching children to learn, but focus on the phonetics. Like you, I also try to plan on exposing my students to new cultural experiences. As proven from the article, having the students experience lessons outside of the classroom help them learn easier and better.
ReplyDeleteI chose to read the other article but thought from your blog that they shared similar views. Being a teacher is such a dimensional job and we need to consider and address the fact that it is more than just teaching children to learn.
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