Writing, and language arts are one of the most influential and creative subjects in school. Writing allows for students to think outside the box, they can take their ideas and thoughts and share them with an audience. Teaching language arts however, is difficult because there can be so many abilities in a classroom, and to make sure everyone is getting the academic knowledge they need. Another problem as stated by Routman (2005) is “one of the toughest parts of teaching writing is that, we teachers haven’t had many positive writing experiences in our own schooling.” The biggest thing that I want to make sure I do when teaching writing and language arts in the future is having a positive attitude toward it. Teachers are models for students,
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It is first going to take positive trusting relationships with each student, and as a whole class. Creating an environment that suits working in small group is going to take trust, and positivity that the groups that are put together will be on task and successful. Routman states (2005) that “ the more peer-interaction was spontaneous and less teacher directed, the better the outcomes in the writing process.” Writing can be very effective when the ability to communicate and bounce ideas off one another can occur. Having students just sitting at their desks writing from a prompt is not effective writing strategy, it may get the work done that is needed but it take the fun, and the positive creative interaction out of the writing process. Once you lose the positive attitude and environment in a classroom, it becomes so much harder for the teacher and the students to be on their …show more content…
However, if the teacher can be positive and interested in these subjects, the students are more likely to be interested. I plan on implementing lots of small group work, give them lots of options, and the usage of videos and other technologies because first graders are positively affected by all of these implications. Setting high achievable expectations and creating positive relationships with the students needs to occur first and foremost before any successful learning can occur. When these are set, understanding individual interests, strengths, etc. will allow me to be able to implement the best strategies to teach the standards and information that first grade students need to
It is first going to take positive trusting relationships with each student, and as a whole class. Creating an environment that suits working in small group is going to take trust, and positivity that the groups that are put together will be on task and successful. Routman states (2005) that “ the more peer-interaction was spontaneous and less teacher directed, the better the outcomes in the writing process.” Writing can be very effective when the ability to communicate and bounce ideas off one another can occur. Having students just sitting at their desks writing from a prompt is not effective writing strategy, it may get the work done that is needed but it take the fun, and the positive creative interaction out of the writing process. Once you lose the positive attitude and environment in a classroom, it becomes so much harder for the teacher and the students to be on their …show more content…
However, if the teacher can be positive and interested in these subjects, the students are more likely to be interested. I plan on implementing lots of small group work, give them lots of options, and the usage of videos and other technologies because first graders are positively affected by all of these implications. Setting high achievable expectations and creating positive relationships with the students needs to occur first and foremost before any successful learning can occur. When these are set, understanding individual interests, strengths, etc. will allow me to be able to implement the best strategies to teach the standards and information that first grade students need to