My Thoughts on... Final Learning Letter
Dr. Agriss,
It is hard for me to reflect on just a few things from this quarter. The whole quarter was so meaningful and had such an impact on me. I learned more about myself as a future-teacher and more about myself as a person than I have in any classes prior. The many parts to this class that made it challenging, made it great. From weekly blog posts to boo talks to final projects, this class gave me a lot to stress about and a lot of things that helped me relax. I found out a lot about myself and the person I hope to be one day. But, with all of these very important aspects, a few things did stand out to me as being the most beneficial in many ways.
Book talks to me had many positives. This was a fun way to introduce new texts that would be perfect for our classrooms. I found myself wanting to read some of the books for fun as well. This assignment gave us a chance to share and have the free choice to choose a novel we really wanted to share in our own classrooms. For me it gave me the chance to ask others if my books would seem appropriate for the age I plan on teaching. Having peer feedback in a perfect way to assess your choices for classroom novels. I also enjoyed the blog posts. They were a way to get out my immediate feelings about one of our required readings, which helped when it came to the debrief in class. My favorite concept we explored in class was the idea of empathy in the things we read and teach. It found its way into about any con conversation and reading that we had. I found it to be a very important concept because of all the content you can bring in to the classroom to teach it. The greatest thing we can do as teachers is to prepare our students for life after school, and teaching empathy is such an important part of that.
I would be lying if I said that I felt like my participation in this course was poor. I felt like I had done a great job participating in every discussion in class, sometimes even too much. I know I can talk for miles, but I really felt like I too up a lot of the class discussion! I know that this just means I am passionate about subject matter and I will be sure to carry that with me as a teacher. I think that this class has only confirmed by beliefs about what type of teacher I want to be one day, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to explore that over the last three months.
Sincerely,
Haley Cardenas
It is hard for me to reflect on just a few things from this quarter. The whole quarter was so meaningful and had such an impact on me. I learned more about myself as a future-teacher and more about myself as a person than I have in any classes prior. The many parts to this class that made it challenging, made it great. From weekly blog posts to boo talks to final projects, this class gave me a lot to stress about and a lot of things that helped me relax. I found out a lot about myself and the person I hope to be one day. But, with all of these very important aspects, a few things did stand out to me as being the most beneficial in many ways.
Book talks to me had many positives. This was a fun way to introduce new texts that would be perfect for our classrooms. I found myself wanting to read some of the books for fun as well. This assignment gave us a chance to share and have the free choice to choose a novel we really wanted to share in our own classrooms. For me it gave me the chance to ask others if my books would seem appropriate for the age I plan on teaching. Having peer feedback in a perfect way to assess your choices for classroom novels. I also enjoyed the blog posts. They were a way to get out my immediate feelings about one of our required readings, which helped when it came to the debrief in class. My favorite concept we explored in class was the idea of empathy in the things we read and teach. It found its way into about any con conversation and reading that we had. I found it to be a very important concept because of all the content you can bring in to the classroom to teach it. The greatest thing we can do as teachers is to prepare our students for life after school, and teaching empathy is such an important part of that.
I would be lying if I said that I felt like my participation in this course was poor. I felt like I had done a great job participating in every discussion in class, sometimes even too much. I know I can talk for miles, but I really felt like I too up a lot of the class discussion! I know that this just means I am passionate about subject matter and I will be sure to carry that with me as a teacher. I think that this class has only confirmed by beliefs about what type of teacher I want to be one day, and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to explore that over the last three months.
Sincerely,
Haley Cardenas
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