I decided to read the article titles, "Guiding Young Students' Response to Literature", by Patricia Kelly. After reading this article, I noticed that I learned a lot different types of responses to literacy just by taking this EDU307 class. In the article, Kelly mentions how she likes to read books to her students that they enjoy so they can act out different scenes of the book. I noticed by the article that it is very important to keep the children interested in what they are reading. However, along with the author, I learned a different approach to children responding to literature. For example, Kelly learned when studying children's literacy, three issues that the students should look for when reading. "(a) what was noticed in the book, (b) how we felt about the book, and (c) how the book was related to
our own experiences." I feel these steps can relate open a child's interest when discussing the book. When Kelly, tried this prompt on her third grade classroom, she was pleased to find the students reacted extremely well when reading their books. I enjoyed seeing the results of the teachers classroom when learning about different approaches to children's responses to literature. Kelly began to notice after taking part in the Bleich's prompt, the students were very open to their peers. The students shared their reflections about the story "Cinderella," and were commenting on each other's reflections, for example, one student responded to their peer with, "That's what I was going to say." As a future teacher I have no doubt that Kelly, felt accomplished and very excited that not only was her new approach working with responses to literature, but their students were very interested in the topic being discussed.
our own experiences." I feel these steps can relate open a child's interest when discussing the book. When Kelly, tried this prompt on her third grade classroom, she was pleased to find the students reacted extremely well when reading their books. I enjoyed seeing the results of the teachers classroom when learning about different approaches to children's responses to literature. Kelly began to notice after taking part in the Bleich's prompt, the students were very open to their peers. The students shared their reflections about the story "Cinderella," and were commenting on each other's reflections, for example, one student responded to their peer with, "That's what I was going to say." As a future teacher I have no doubt that Kelly, felt accomplished and very excited that not only was her new approach working with responses to literature, but their students were very interested in the topic being discussed.
I am glad you are learning alternative ways to respond to literature through this class. We can move beyond the formulaic questions at the end of the chapter.
ReplyDeleteResponse to literature is so powerful when it is production based or part of peer discussions.