TC NAME: Sheila Lowe
RICA Domain 5: Comprehension
RICA Competency 12: Concepts and Factors Affecting Reading Comprehension
Grade Level: 4th grade
An Additional Descriptors: Cooperating Teacher, Mrs. Boss
Instruction:
In my cooperating teacher's classroom I have the privilege of working with small groups of students for reading. When we are focusing on reading the overall story we work in heterogeneous groups that way students can listen and learn from each others reading. When we are working in our practice books we are homogeneously grouped that way students needing additional help and time are grouped together and receive the assistance they need. In our small reading groups I have the students take turns reading the assigned story for the day then we discuss the questions that go along with the story. When we work in our practice books I do the same thing with the reading - I have the students take turn reading the short story. and then we help each other fill in the worksheets that go along with the story in their practice books.
One of the stories we read was "Elena's Move" and the tie in story was called "A Moving View: Saying Good-Bye, Saying Hello." The main focus of these stories was to teach the students how to make inferences about what the author was feeling by looking at phrases and words used in the text.
Instructional Setting:
I work with small groups of 8 -10 students in reading groups as a pull out from the main classroom. We meet in the enclosed central quad of the building around tables that are set up in this area. We do this every Thursday morning and do any catch up work in the afternoon.
Instruction:
In my cooperating teacher's classroom I have the privilege of working with small groups of students for reading. When we are focusing on reading the overall story we work in heterogeneous groups that way students can listen and learn from each others reading. When we are working in our practice books we are homogeneously grouped that way students needing additional help and time are grouped together and receive the assistance they need. In our small reading groups I have the students take turns reading the assigned story for the day then we discuss the questions that go along with the story. When we work in our practice books I do the same thing with the reading - I have the students take turn reading the short story. and then we help each other fill in the worksheets that go along with the story in their practice books.
One of the stories we read was "Elena's Move" and the tie in story was called "A Moving View: Saying Good-Bye, Saying Hello." The main focus of these stories was to teach the students how to make inferences about what the author was feeling by looking at phrases and words used in the text.Instructional Setting:
I work with small groups of 8 -10 students in reading groups as a pull out from the main classroom. We meet in the enclosed central quad of the building around tables that are set up in this area. We do this every Thursday morning and do any catch up work in the afternoon.
