Leanne Zotos First Post

Goals for TE 402: 

• Learn effective ways to teach Language Arts in the classroom
• Learn more about ESL learners and how I can help them do well in my classroom and how I can effectively teach them Language Arts even without a minor in ESL 
• Learn how to create and teach effective Language Arts lessons
•  Learn about different technologies and practices for Languages Arts 

School and Community Context: 

• I hope to be a suburban school distract close to my house in the Utica/Rochester Public School districts. 

 Literary Instruction: 

• I want to learn the most effective ways to incorportate litearcy in my classroom
• I want to learn about the different learning styles and how I can teach all of those styles Language Arts content 
• I want to learn how to do things hands-on with Language Arts
• I want to learn and be able to watch different lessons that have worked for teachers and also learn about lessons that did not work well in the classroom 
• I want to learn different ways that I can integrate technology into Language Arts and also ways that I can integrate different subjects into Language Arts

 Jigsaw Article:  

• Teaching All the Children Strategies for Developing Literacy in an Urban Setting
• I learned in this article how different and difficult it can be for new teachers to teach students in an urban setting 
•  I learned that there can be many negative impacts of children living in poverty in the classroom, it makes them less ready for school and they usually do not have the time at home working on reading or being read to.  They also sometimes have to act as the adult when they are at home so being at school is the only time they can really be a kid. 
• I learned that balance is important and that I would like to be able to do this in my classroom.  I want to address my student's physical and emotional needs (as the article states) but also be able to teach them and have them learn something during the day. 
• I learned from this article that when teaching in an urban school, a teacher has to be ready to teach a range of students in the classroom, some students are going to be falling very behind and others may be ready to move on...as a teacher I need to learn how to manage that within my classroom so I'm not holding anyone back and also not moving anyone forward too quickly.
• This article made me realize that when I am a teacher I want to fully understand my students, not just how they act in school but also what their home life is like and figure out how that could influence them at school 
•  I want to know my students and their families, and because of this article I see this is important to be an effective teacher