“Recognizing and using a variety of different teaching styles is particularly important to support literacy, language and number skills development. Learners working towards literacy, language, and numeracy goals will benefit from teaching which works to their strengths. The teaching styles which you adopt will have an…
Marilyn Burns, the author of the article "Nine Ways to Catch Kids Up" realizes that a handful of students are at risk in each classroom. Burns came into this realization after talking with a student named Paul about multiplication. She discusses three issues that are essential to teaching mathematics. This includes helping students make the connections among mathematical ideas, to build the new information on the student's previous learning foundation, and to accompany correct answers with an explanation.…
This has led to a fundamental change in teaching mathematics and science. Teachers now need to incorporate literacy, and intentionally use it in math and science lessons. This is done by scaffolding literacy skills from reading and writing standards into lessons; it requires a balance between literacy instruction and traditional math and science activities (Miller, 2013). An approach like this allows for students to use a mixture of literacy, problem-solving, and reasoning skills to study a concept in more depth.…
Discuss how children with English as an Additional Language (EAL) can be included within the daily mathematics lesson…
It was now or never in the white room full of beeping machines surrounding me. The doctor had just told me that I was dying. My heart sunk to the ground as hard as an anchor. The ghost-like faces in the room were my parents, as they sat there more lost than ever. I now knew I had to fight not only for my life, but with myself. Remembering the sting of the tube down my throat and IV in my arm, I reluctantly moved closer to the plate. This plate full of food staring at me was now my medicine. It took every muscle in my body to pick up the forkful of peas. The gravitational pull of my fingers clinging to the fork was unbearable, as though my body was screaming for me to put it down. It has been months since I have been this close to a plate, nor picked up a fork. I closed my eyes as the tears came streaming down my cheeks and opened my quivering mouth. I moved my shaky hand towards my mouth and poured the peas over my tongue. As I swallowed, I felt every pea go down like they were slitting my throat. This was putting poison in my body, as I felt the guilt clawing at me leaving invisible scars of fear and anger behind. I…
EDEE 400 – Assignment 1 Literacy in schools today not only involves teaching students to read and write, but is also heavily focused on giving students the necessary vocabulary and skills to understand different text types according to the key learning areas (KLAs) they are undertaking. While traditional ideas of literacy often ignored the diverse needs of students, contemporary notions of literacy are constantly evolving in response to changes in situational and social or cultural contexts (UNE, 2012a, p.5; Freebody, 2007, p8-‐10). This now means that in order for teachers to be successful educators they must have a comprehensive understanding of the literacy demands across the subjects they teach as well as being able to explicitly introduce students into the discourse of each teaching area (Cornish & Gardner, 2009, p.245-‐246; Derewianka & Jones, 2012, p.3; Freebody, 2007, p.9).…
The author presents his views on investing in literacy education for teachers and students to have equity in the quality for education. He also believes without it students will not be motivated and teachers are going to be uniformed.…
Literacy is fundamental to all areas of learning from an early age, as it unlocks access to the wider curriculum. Being literate increases opportunities for pupils in all aspects of life and lays the foundations for lifelong learning and work.…
The activity that I had to manage was using different shapes to make patterns on Elma the elephant. The children had been told the story earlier in the day and was asked to think of their own pattern for Elma. The children had to use the shapes that they had been learning about; square, circle, triangle, hexagon.…
PLAY DOUGH: Can be used to form objects and the child can guess what has been made. It can also be used during story time to visualise characters or objects.…
In the subjects that I teach, you must have sound knowledge of both the subject content and learning styles in order to deliver the lesson well. This can be obtained through researching text…
Teachers should foster a positive mathematical relationship in their classroom, show persistence, flexibility, relevance, willingness to learn and an appreciation of the value of mathematics (Reys et al., 2012). A teacher should encourage intellectual risk-taking and reward students for critical thinking and creative problem solving (Reys et al., 2012). Anxiety towards mathematics should be discouraged; students should know that mistakes and errors will help them construct their mathematical knowledge.…
Literacy has always been a hobby of mine. I enjoy being able to come up with my own scenarios and stories where anything and everything could happen. Throughout my school experience, literacy…
Balanced Literacy incorporates both whole language and phonics into a “literacy program that aims to guide students towards proficient and lifelong reading” (Smith). Lucy Calkins, an advocate for Balanced Literacy believes that the approach is very effective. “Balanced Literacy can be used in language arts, social studies, science, and math” (Calkins, 2014). Balanced Literacy is beneficial to reading instruction. It has a goal “for students to become competent readers and writers” (Goltche). Teachers using the Balanced Literacy approach should expect to see growth in their students’ academic…
Literacy skills help students of all ages gain knowledge through reading and writing as well as technology. Literacy skills help people analyze things such as a letters, or notes or any assignment you have. People need to know how to write and read with a paper and pencil because you won’t always have technology in your life. For a job you need to know how to spell and write.…