Lesson 10

This week we learned about individual learning and helping our students learn by themselves and not just their peers, even though learning through others is helpful it's important to learn individually. In the book there were multiple different strategies we could use to help the student. We got into different groups that we had never been in before and discussed the strategies the chapter showed us. It was fun to get to know girls that weren't in our table groups or in our homie groups. We also had to pick a strategy and a way to remember it or a way to teach it to students. Our group picked the CAPS strategy that had to with literature and reading. We all decided that reading, or just literature questions, was a subject that we struggled with when we were younger and in school so we thought that strategy was one of the best because we felt like it would help us personally.

The strategy is C: Who are the Characters? A: What is the Aim of the story? P: What Problems happen? S: How is the problem Solved?
We came up with a fun little method that might help the kids remember it. We said the questions in a chant-y sort of way. When we asked the question, "Who are the characters?", we would point to ourselves. When we asked the question, "What is the aim of the story?", we would position our arms like we were holding a bow about to shoot an arrow. When we asked the question, "What problems happen?", we put our hands to the side with our palms facing up like we were asking a question. When we asked the last question, "How is the problem solved?", we would bring our hands together and clap one time. The class loved it and I think it might be something I will use in my class later and will help me develop other chants for things the students need to remember.

It's important that we are aware of all these strategies and learn them so that we can know what learning strategy a certain child needs. There were a lot of other strategies I liked, for example TAG. Modifying is a huge part of being a teacher and one of the biggest things we need to learn while we are preparing for this career.