Christina's Ch.10
Christina Lim
CHAPTER 10
Chapter 10 teaches the reader about successful one-on-one teaching strategies. Teaberski talks about her coveted time with her students, and how they just can’t wait to have their conferences with her. I think the students feel this way because Sharon has done such a successful job in making them feel comfortable enough in their abilities to want to share them with her. Taberski points out the importance of this one-on-one teaching approach, I do agree with her because I have also felt as if I need the “expert” to watch what I am doing, and then show me a better way. I have had those type of experiences my entire life. Taberski also points out the importance of having your students examine books with alongside of you, so they will ultimately feel more comfortable handling the books themselves. This is a good strategy to use with your students because it will get all of them to feel very comfortable with handling, exploring and ultimately reading these books that are now probably very interesting and intriguing to them by that point.
Sharon also talks about how some children may even try to mask their problems when it comes to their reading abilities. I can relate to this as well, because I have seen it this semester. I have a student, who is considered to be pre-k, and she cannot read, but she tries anyway, reading with no meaning whatsoever. I feel like she tries to do this to please my mentor and me, because she thinks that she is going to be graded on it, but I also believe that she does this so she can act like she can read in front of the students who actually can read.
Lastly, I like the part of the chapter that Taberski is very frank with her students about what they need to improve on. I agree with this completely because as she says; she wants them to succeed, and how could they succeed if she didn’t tell them the truth. Taberski stated that some other teachers couldn’t be that honest with their students because they wouldn’t want to hurt their feelings, but they are still hurting them by not giving them the truth, so they can improve in the areas they need to. This will damage them in the long run, because their area(s) of improvement will not be addressed until a teacher who is confident enough to inform them of it comes along, and that could happen many years later, or even not at all.
CHAPTER 10
Chapter 10 teaches the reader about successful one-on-one teaching strategies. Teaberski talks about her coveted time with her students, and how they just can’t wait to have their conferences with her. I think the students feel this way because Sharon has done such a successful job in making them feel comfortable enough in their abilities to want to share them with her. Taberski points out the importance of this one-on-one teaching approach, I do agree with her because I have also felt as if I need the “expert” to watch what I am doing, and then show me a better way. I have had those type of experiences my entire life. Taberski also points out the importance of having your students examine books with alongside of you, so they will ultimately feel more comfortable handling the books themselves. This is a good strategy to use with your students because it will get all of them to feel very comfortable with handling, exploring and ultimately reading these books that are now probably very interesting and intriguing to them by that point.
Sharon also talks about how some children may even try to mask their problems when it comes to their reading abilities. I can relate to this as well, because I have seen it this semester. I have a student, who is considered to be pre-k, and she cannot read, but she tries anyway, reading with no meaning whatsoever. I feel like she tries to do this to please my mentor and me, because she thinks that she is going to be graded on it, but I also believe that she does this so she can act like she can read in front of the students who actually can read.
Lastly, I like the part of the chapter that Taberski is very frank with her students about what they need to improve on. I agree with this completely because as she says; she wants them to succeed, and how could they succeed if she didn’t tell them the truth. Taberski stated that some other teachers couldn’t be that honest with their students because they wouldn’t want to hurt their feelings, but they are still hurting them by not giving them the truth, so they can improve in the areas they need to. This will damage them in the long run, because their area(s) of improvement will not be addressed until a teacher who is confident enough to inform them of it comes along, and that could happen many years later, or even not at all.
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