As my third(!) graduate class this summer comes to a close, I like reflecting on the course and what I have learned. I have really enjoyed this course because we had the opportunity to create a lot of projects and examples, instead of simply reading about them. In this way, I feel much more prepared to use them in a classroom setting. Also, I felt like our assignments have practical applications and were not tasks you could "go through the motions" on and expect a good score or achieve real learning.
I found our last section about ESL and literacy to be very intimidating. Because of personal weaknesses, I find topics like phonics and phonemes to be daunting. However, I do feel like I have resources available to be successful. Also, by focusing a unit about literacy, I was able to recognize personal strengths and weaknesses. This way, I am able to share ideas with others, but also research on my own to eliminate deficits.
Unfortunately, because I teach Spanish, I will not be able to immediately use all of our materials from this course. I was, however, able to glean some instructional ideas that I can use this fall in my Spanish I classes. I have already started a binder and look forward to using these resources in the future.
And now, I will take a much needed break before school starts again in August!
Sarah :-)
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