Module 4

RTI

RTI is something we learned about last year and I was able to complete this intervention with one of my students. I feel that it has always been extremely helpful inside the classroom. The RTI process is s tier process that we use to walk the students through by making accommodations. It prevents us from just automatically placing a child into special education.  I feel that Brozo did a great job on breaking down the RTI process and helping me get a better understanding. Although I feel that our county is constantly changing the tier process and the paperwork constantly I liked the way they he explained this in terms that I could understand.

Powerpoints

I have always enjoyed learning and doing web quest. I feel that the lack of technology has really prevented us from being able to do technology lessons like this. I wish we could do activities like webquest or glogsters. I thought it was interests to look at the PowerPoint and explained about that helps keep the students intrigued and understanding what is expected of them. I think that integrating technology is important. I also think this is great for visual learning as well.

Video

Watching a video always helps me understand what I am learning better than any other form. I enjoyed watching this video on the first grader’s.  I thought it was neat to see how they were trying to put together a sentence. I feel that when my third graders come up to third grade they are still lacking the skills of writing larger sentences. They still want to write sentences that are small and only state one point, like I love to go to the mall.  I think this helped show us what other teachers do in different grades to help kids understand how to write.

 

Literacy Across the Curriculum

Every year we focus more and more on literacy across the Curriculum. We always try to incorporate literacy in every subject. The only two subjects that I feel that this is challenge is math and science. IF eel those are two subjects that are really strong hands on topics and need to be focused as hands on. We doing writing across the curriculum in third grade and make sure that we write about everything we learn about.