What to include in your content literacy instructional toolkit
As an educator, it is important to find innovative tools to help students be more successful in the classroom. Consider the following:
Before every presenting the topic to the students, find other references.
Practice you lesson and what it should look like in your classroom. As the instructor, it is important to find other texts other than the textbook to make the lesson more relevant and appraochble by your students.
Make the lesson exciting.
The first day of class, you should be excited about the new lesson and want to teach. Students sometimes react off of our emotions and if they think we are not interested they will not want to complete it.
Encourage the use of technology.
Allow students to work together and share ideas. The interactive white board is a great technology tool to get students out of their seat and interacting. Other technologies and stations in the class require students to be more active and reinforce the need for students to think.
Encourage teamwork and discussions.
Have students read their texts and compare ideas and views on the topic. Students should read and after reading some things quietly have them share responses. Students can be more successful in the classroom learning to respectfully share their responses and ideas on the topic.
Have student investigate.
Students should feel comfortable challenging ideas and information. Encourage students to conduct their own research to compare the information from the text and textbook.
Have a presence in the class.
While students are working in groups and discussing ideas, as the teacher you should be walking around asking questions and challenging students to think deeper. Encourage students to think in another way or think about the topic another way.
Praise students’ effort.
As you walk around give students praise for their efforts. A pat on the back or words of encouragement can stop a student from giving up or refusing to participate in the discussion.
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I appreciate your honest evaluation of the assignment and your progress and the course so far. Your commitment to learning, challenging yourself and spirit of collaboration with your classmates is commendable. It's a pleasure to see your growth within the course even at this early-stage. For this kit you presented key information to help with all classroom teachers however the assignment specifically wanted you to utilize the information found within the literature matrix as a guide to create the toolkit. While it did not specifically state that this was the step in which you took I can clearly see evidence of your incorporation of the ideas presented within the research articles within your toolkit.
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