Throughout the chapter, I read different paragraphs about topics like cricket and science. Each paragraph made me think about what I was reading and the ways that I needed to try to comprehend the material. I struggled when reading the cricket paragraph because I am not familiar with the game of cricket; therefore, I had no context of what I was reading. As a result, I struggled to comprehend the information. As I continued reading the chapter, I was challenged by the idea that as a reader, we must form ideas about what we are reading to then come up with a strategy to comprehend the reading (Subject Matters, 30). I thought that the information provided from the list of thinking strategies of effective readers was extremely beneficial (Subject Matters, 30). At a young age, I always struggled with reading comprehension and could not come up with main ideas and key takeaways from books or passages I read.
However, as time progressed, I began to pick up on strategies and tools to help me better comprehend what I was reading. Therefore, I think it is important that we keep reading comprehension in mind when teaching students. Often times, students do not have an understanding about reading comprehension and the purpose of reading comprehension. I feel that we, as future teachers, need to teach or remind students how to effectively read about a topic as it pertains to a specific subject. Reading is a necessity in all subjects. As a teacher, I want to promote and encourage students to ask questions when they do not understand, in order to assist in reading comprehension. When students learn strategies for effective reading, they begin to better understand what they are reading and will typically take greater interest in the material as a result.
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Hey Sarah Ellen!
ReplyDeleteI too as a teacher want to leave the floor open for questions that students may have when it comes to reading material. I as well have had great difficulty with reading comprehension not just in my Language Arts classes but Math, Science, and Social Studies courses as well. I feel it would have been of great use to have tools that could assist in reading comprehension across all subject areas.
I agree that once a student does not understand their reading material then they quickly lose interest; therefore, they could lose interest in the subject all together. Helping a child build their knowledge through reading while simultaneously helping them understand it, is a great task but it is worth it if we want our students to succeed in the subject and real world.
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Hey Sarah Ellen!
DeleteAs a child, and even today I struggle with reading comprehension. Reading has never been my specialty, and I have never been the one to come up with the best themes and messages in the text. I think you bring up a really good point that we can take this and learn from it. If we struggled with it, then there is a 100% chance that we will have students in our classes that will also struggle with it. In our classrooms, we may not be teaching reading as a subject, but as we have learned, reading in crucial across the curriculum. One thing I thought was particularly interesting about this week's reading are the strategies for effective reading. I know you hit on this, and I just really think these strategies are so important in any classroom. Reading comprehension is clearly a struggle among students, so i think we are future teachers really need to try and combat this.
P.s. I really enjoyed your gifs (-:
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