Thankfully most of these words were familiar to me. There were a few however, the I had to look up again and reread to see what they were.
Chapter 1
"look-say" is the method when children memorize sight words. (I have never heard it called this but I have of course heard of sight words. I remember memorizing these in school myself.
Invented/temporary spelling is when children try to hear the sounds in words in order to match letters with sounds.
Constructionist is another word for constructivist and is when the learner has an active part in the learning process.
Use:
I don't know which grade I will teach yet, however, if they are young enough I will teach them sight words but if they are older then I would hope they already know them.
Invented/temporary spelling I will use when having the students sound out words when writing. I want them to be able to try to sound it out and not count on someone else doing it for them. I think this is an important skill to have.
Constructionist - I hope that all of my students want to have an active part in the learning process. This makes it easier for them to learn.
Chapter 2
I did not have any unfamiliar words here.
Chapter 3
Just one word here
Four Blocks - 1) guided reading, 2) self-selected reading, 3) writer's workshop, 4) working with words.
With four blocks, students become familiar with reading and writing strategies which enable them to become independent when reading and writing.
I will use four blocks in teaching students. I think it is great that students can select their own books and I think it is very important to work with words. I think this helps us in reading and writing.
Questions:
What are your opinions of four blocks? Do you like it better than the daily five? Have any of you heard of sight words being called "look-say" before?
I also wrote about look- say method and four blocks how funny!!! I have also just heard them be called sight words. That is what we have called them in kindergarten all the time. I think the look- say method is good name for it too but I think more people understand it being called sight words more. I think the four blocks would be a good tools to use in the classroom. I have used daily 5 and I really do enjoy it. So I don't think I can say I would like four block more because I haven't used it. I could see myself using them both. But I know for sure daily 5 I love how it works!!! Great post !!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that most of the words from the first three chapters were familiar. It seems like most of us are writing about look-say words and Four Blocks. I think we're familiar with the concepts behind these words, but have just always referenced them using different terms. I agree that it is important for students to learn how to sound out words and at least ATTEMPT to spell them. It's frustrating when 20 students are coming at you every 5 seconds asking "how do you spell ____?!"
ReplyDeleteThat would be really frustrating. I remember when I was growing up, my mom always told me to look it up. I often asked her how I could look it up if I didn't know how to spell it and she would tell me to sound it out. Good advice!
ReplyDeleteI picked constructionist also because I was not quite sure if I knew what it meant. I do too however hope my students use it and make connections to get them engaged to their reading or assignments. Like Paige mentioned, I think most of us are more family with sight words than look-say. I also think four blocks will work great in a classroom and plan on incorporating it in my classroom because it leads to student becoming more independent.
ReplyDeleteFour blocks is great but so is the Daily 5. I think it depends on the students you will have as to which will work better. I think it is good to know both and use both, just know when to use which one. Hope that makes sense. And I have heard of look-say before because of the Reading Specialist Teacher I observed last session used that term and I had to ask her what it meant. It is the same as sight words. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the organization of 4 blocks. It is the essentials of LA and it seems to really fit into what the teacher actually does in the classroom. I have done all of them and they are all good!
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