Goals for TE402

I'm very excited for this semester and am looking forward to learning much more about how to incorporate literacy into the classroom. I understand that every child learns differently and one of my goals is to learn different techniques that I will be able to use so that it will help multiple students. Using different strategies will definitely be beneficial and useful in my classroom one day. With this course, I also hope to become more familiar with the curriculum and how to plan for lessons.

I realize that because not every child will be at the same reading level, I will have to have different reading groups. Throughout this class, I hope to gain knowledge of how to test my students to figure out what level they are at, as well as what level is appropriate for that grade. I want to also learn how assess my students and figure out what their writing level is, as well, and where they should be at. One of my biggest goals for this course is to know how to do reading records or assessments of my students. I want to know how I can best support my future students and how to help and encourage them to improve if they are behind.

Lastly, I know that literacy is one of the main subjects that is seen in elementary schools, and I hope to learn the several aspects of literacy. I hope to recognize a child in my placement and determine what level they may be at. With using literacy many times throughout the day, I also hope to incorporate literacy into several of my lessons (like math, science...etc). I realize that I may have students who are ELLs and I hope to learn how to support those students, as well as the rest of the students in the classroom. My last goal is to learn how I should grade or critique the students in my classroom, depending on assignments that are given to them. I'm very excited for this semester and ready to fulfill my goals!

Melanie