EDRG 3344 T/R "How Do I Learn."

The strategies that have always been successful for me to learn are with repetition and rehearsal. I start studying the night before and then just before a test, usually it is done in the car driving to class. Another strategy I practice is organization. It almost borders on OCD because a section of notes may be broken up on to two separate pages or if I wrote the notes hurried and disheveled, so that I can understand them, I rewrite the notes and file them in to my folder with a tab attached for quick reference. Then a few days before the test I rewrite major points about the notes so that I can remember with repetition.

According to my Multiple Intelligence Profile, my strength is that I am intrapersonal. Which did not surprise me because I feel more productive when I work alone. I always get stuck in a group that would rather than chat about problems with relationships and take their time getting to the activity at hand. Like a lot of you, I have a family to get back home to, I don't have time to waste. Music and Visuals were tied as my second strength. Sometime I will put my notes into a pattern or song that I can recall during a test. It is easy for me to remember song lyrics, I can hear a new song and I will learn the lyrics quickly.

Lastly, my motivations are my three children. I come from a family that no one has ever attended college. I am the first to not only go to college but I have earned an Associates degree and now am working towards a Masters. I hope to set an example for my children and make college something that is expected. I want my name on a brick at the new A&M San Antonio campus so that I can show my children my accomplishment. My husband is also another motivator. He always encourages me and supports me. He also keeps the kids away if I have alot of studying. Finally, the last motivation is that I have a sense of accomplishment when I look at my GPA and I have maintained a 4.0. Which is a hard task when you have a large family to care for and two of them are toddlers that demand my time.

EDRG 3321 T/R Chapter 1 blog

I enjoyed reading this chapter because it expresses the importance of how a teachers role can be effective in supporting reading, how to create a classroom to promote reading, and gives great insight on how to motivate your students to want to read. This chapter caused me to look at my own beliefs and values that influence my abilities at a teacher. I am a very organized person and have had thirteen years of management but there is still a part of me that questions will I be a good teacher? I know I can create the environment to teach but that is not all it takes to be great. My beliefs are strong in that all children can learn to read and the ability to read is very important in life. I instill this with in my own children. My oldest has a love of reading and excels in all her AP courses.

Another point made by the author is about the six language arts and how they correlate with each other. The author goes one step further, beginning on page 18, in giving wonderful examples of how a living literature classroom is organized and utilized by the students to stimulate learning.

EDRG 3321 T/R Children's Literature Authors

Hi everyone!!

I have found a hilarious author named Mike Reiss, my kids loved his book. I had to buy How Murray Saved Christmas (funny). He also has a book called The boy Who Looked Like Lincoln, great to read when you have a lesson about Abraham Lincoln. Check out his bio http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27286/Mike_Reiss/index.aspx
And his body of works are on this site http://www.amazon.com/Mike-Reiss/e/B001HQ3LAW/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0/186-5182691-1703611

My second author is Audrey Penn. Her book The Kissing Hand this is a jerker for me because it is about a little one going to school for the first time and how mom and child overcame the separation. I so happen to have a son that is in pre-k this year. http://www.audreypennchildrensbooks.com/

The last author I thought was interesting is Amada Irma Perez. She is a bilingual author and within the books she writes in both Spanish and English. Great tool to teach about culture and values. http://www.amadairmaperez.com/biography.php

Hope ya'll have a great weekend. See you Tuesday.