Chapter 4 Blog
Chapter 4, "Vocabulary and Fluency" included a lot of useful information that focused on vocabulary knowledge. Also, everyone has their own unique background knowledge on their experiences with books and their own vocabulary level. Students best learn through the usage of visual aids, reading and listening. When both models are presented, students strengthen their ability to learn and remember new information that is unfamiliar to them.
This chapter also presents activities for young and older students. For example, reading a book to children and having them highlight vocabulary words that they know and use learning strategies, will enhance their learning ability, along with read-aloud as they can grasp more information that is being provided from the teacher. I really enjoy the activities that are mentioned in the reading, because I am also a visual learner and being able to see things up close and not in print, makes my learning a little bit easier. If someone where to give me a written definition of something, I will not be able to understand it unless a picture of visual aid came with it. I also really enjoyed reading about the Virtual Field Trips, as those acquire to enhance students' curriculum content and broaden their experiences with cultural resources that they may have never seen before. These field trips are excellent as they are available to anyone surfing the web, and I believe that taking children on field trips is an amazing learning experience and a fun time for all!
During this reading, I also enjoyed reading about children's fluency development. Reading aloud by yourself, with a classmate, with a teacher, or even with a parent, or independent reading can influence the fluency of development. Teachers do small activities with students as some sit in a circle and listen to a story through headphones, as that is one excellent way to increase their development because they are gathering the information while listening. The reading mentions Podcasts, and I agree with that, as I had to listen to a few for school, and yet you can't see the person talking or the events taking place, but being able to hear the person speak is helpful.
This chapter also presents activities for young and older students. For example, reading a book to children and having them highlight vocabulary words that they know and use learning strategies, will enhance their learning ability, along with read-aloud as they can grasp more information that is being provided from the teacher. I really enjoy the activities that are mentioned in the reading, because I am also a visual learner and being able to see things up close and not in print, makes my learning a little bit easier. If someone where to give me a written definition of something, I will not be able to understand it unless a picture of visual aid came with it. I also really enjoyed reading about the Virtual Field Trips, as those acquire to enhance students' curriculum content and broaden their experiences with cultural resources that they may have never seen before. These field trips are excellent as they are available to anyone surfing the web, and I believe that taking children on field trips is an amazing learning experience and a fun time for all!
During this reading, I also enjoyed reading about children's fluency development. Reading aloud by yourself, with a classmate, with a teacher, or even with a parent, or independent reading can influence the fluency of development. Teachers do small activities with students as some sit in a circle and listen to a story through headphones, as that is one excellent way to increase their development because they are gathering the information while listening. The reading mentions Podcasts, and I agree with that, as I had to listen to a few for school, and yet you can't see the person talking or the events taking place, but being able to hear the person speak is helpful.
Hi Caroline! I also really liked the idea of virtual field trips! It's a fun, memorable way for students to learn new vocabulary and even allows real visual experience with certain terms. The text explained the virtual field trip to NASA, allowing students to communicate with a real astronaut in space! I think children are innately curious and love when real evidence and real people take time out of their day to talk to them! It makes them feel special and motivates them to learn more and provides authentic context that definitions alone cannot.
ReplyDeleteHey Caroline, I agree with what you had to say about this chapter. It is super important for us as teachers to have the children be engaged and especially when we model it for them. The Visual Field Trips are a MUST, because it gives the children more additional information about what they are learning in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteHi Caroline, I also agree with what you had to say about this chapter. Virtual field trips are something I have never done before. I am definitely going to want to use them in my classroom one day. The other interesting idea you mentioned was listening to audiobooks. This is something that I never thought of before but will be a great idea for my classroom. Younger kids especially don’t know anything at all about how to read let alone how to read with fluency.
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