Blog 2

Article:
I have never heard of the term "writing to learn" until i read this article.  In high school, it was shoved down your throat to learn to write because of the writing test you have to take in the tenth grade.  As long as i can remember throughout school i never felt like i was writing to learn...i was writing to pass. Students anxiety when writing is high enough, i think it is import to teach them to write but present it as an opportunity for a learning experience.  Make it relaxed. Don't make the student think that whatever they put down on paper is going to be graded or critiqued. The strategies the article talked about where strategies i know my teacher and professors have given to me as a student.  The one that is my personal favorite is the Quick Write.  That is when i felt i could say whatever i wanted to about a topic and not have to worry about it.  If i didn't get what it was saying i could say that or talk for days and days about the topic.  Once the students feel comfortable writing that will lead them into being comfortable in writing something that is getting revised and published.  The best part about a Quick Write- you can use it in ANY subject. From English to Math a Quick Write is beneficial to not only the teacher (so they can see where the students stand with a topic) but also for they student ( so they can self assess themselves and see what they need to work on or what they already know).
Reviewing and Summarizing is a hard idea for students to grasp at any age. The strategy that i thought would be very 'user friendly' for any age would be the formed paragraph. They help break down what is being looked at for the student to better understand and in return comprehend better.  This article was very beneficial to me not only as a future teacher but also a current student. The strategies and methods will definitely come in handy!

TED:
I was grateful enough to serve as a student leader this summer for the University as a member of Southern Style.  One of our main jobs as hostess of the University is to make sure the students are comfortable and are being helped if they need it.  Listening was a skill that was drilled into our heads.  You have to listen to not only the students, but the parents, the mumbling, to noise...everything. Because of that experience i would like to say that I actually do use more than just 25% of my listening ability. In a classroom, i would have to say one of the five strategies i would use would be silence.  He said just 3 minutes a day is basically like giving our ears a reboot for listening.  It is a strategy that not only will help the students get prepared to listen but also gives the teacher time to collect her thoughts before beginning any subject.

Classmates:
I really enjoyed reading Allison Coons blog.  she said that when she was little she would play school all the time.  She wants to teach math just like me also! Not only that, but the Elizabethtown project is what stood out to her on the syllabus-- I was basically reading her blog thinking i wrote it?  The other blog i read was Kadi Bishops.  Her love for the lord was something that i immediately grasp onto and it stuck with him.  After all, we are going to be teachers..we have to have the lord on our side to get through some of the hard days ;)

Questions:
1) I am still a little fuzz on what Listening Position is?
2) From the article, How can some of the strategies be incorporated with students with disabilities.