tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19957687.post8049683542746799416..comments2015-11-25T08:49:25.815-05:00Comments on Teach2K14: Once again - less is morejava junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12241718352301268836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19957687.post-8360549853139070602009-12-09T21:43:05.084-05:002009-12-09T21:43:05.084-05:00I think this is something we have struggled with a...I think this is something we have struggled with all semester. Many days we would try and accomplish more than we could handle and often there would be stuff that we would either have to learn on our own or that we did not go over in as much detail as we needed to. Therefore I think it is important that when I teach my students vocabulary that I take the time to do it right. I need to make it clear to them that they have to master the vocabulary in order to fully understand the content and talk about it. If they are not able to use the vocabulary in order to explain the content then they do not have a complete understanding of the content. I particularly like the Four-Square model because it allows students to create a visualization of the word which is helpful for struggling learners and visual learners. It wasn't unusual for us to go down a rabbit hole as it were in our class so I need to be careful about doing that with my students. Hopefully I will be able to avoid these pitfalls next semester.BRHS Young Adult Book Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114194690241715353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19957687.post-2778681872907080992009-12-08T19:51:04.542-05:002009-12-08T19:51:04.542-05:00I have to agree with the old saying too, that &quo...I have to agree with the old saying too, that "less is more". I am also afraid of trying to do so much with my students next semester, that I won't actually get to see if the students got what I wanted them to get. I am also afraid of getting of topic with the students, because I tend to do that normally. But as you said, if I stick to a rigid outline of the learning cycle, it will be hard for me to stray away from it. Even when creating my unit plan for Methods, I used the Frayer's Model with the students to learn the vocabulary of that particular section. Vocabulary is one of the hardest things about learning science, that is why, we as teachers, need to focus a lot on teaching the vocabulary in multiple ways. Just like you said, learning the vocabulary, teaches the content. It is silly to see how students cannot see the connection at times. Maybe it is because they haven't learned vocabulary in other ways, and only through copying the definitions out of the book. This will be another problem or challenge I will have to face with student teaching, is how to teach the students to not copy word for word out of the book anymore. It should be very interesting, and I look forward to it as well. Also, thank you for preparing me to do my best with it.Sara Hollernoreply@blogger.com