Word Sorts. This is one of the most interesting things I have learned this week in Language Arts. Not sure what a word sort is. When doing a Word Sort, you take words that will be presented in the new unit or lesson, and place then randomly on the chalk board, you then have your students determine a logical category of categories for the words. This is a great way to have your students activate prior knowledge and become geared and excited for a new lesson.
I also found the video clip Teacher Accountability: A Student Teacher's Perspective to be quiet influential. As prospective Teacher's we all have the weight of the PSSA Testings. As stated in the clip "Data's a wonderful teaching piece, It's going to guide your practice. It's going to help you become a better teacher, and its going to help your students become more prepared. If you look at PSSA's in this manner and not that you have messed up, your only going to better yourself and your students. Data is going to help you make better decisions in the way you teach. Although you may feel disappointed that your students did not score as well as you would have liked, its motivation to fix the areas that students are having difficulty with. For instance how will you alter your lesson to improve students understanding.
I found this clip to be very insightful and I hope you will too !
Well Kayla I completely agree with you. The word sort is a great way to teach the students about upcoming words in the unit. Also it's a great way to have the students compare words they just learned about to the new one that they will be learning!
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