Blog #2

My first response will be to Alex Moore blog #1.  She pulled from the syllabus a statement that I just glanced at while I was reading, "literacy is the core of teaching and learning".  As Alex stated, we often hear about literacy but never really understood why and what was the use of it.  I feel that in this class we learn literacy on a higher level and how to teach older students.  Literacy is demanded in the classroom and it is important that students can use literacy to improve their educational performances.

My second response will be to Crystal Wolf blog #1.  Chrystal and I noticed the same thing in the syllabus which was how this course will integrate literacy with technology.  Students love hands-on activities and technology.  Integrating technology with literacy gives students a better outlook on literacy and they are more eager to learn.

This article was very informational and the strategies presented in this article were helpful.  When I began to read this article, I knew it was definitely something I wanted to read.  A part of literacy is writing and as stated in the article, writing helps increase reading comprehension.  As I started reading reading this article, I noticed the statement "writing to learn differs from learning to write".  Once I read that I asked myself, "How will I teach the difference?"  Then I continued reading that "writing to learn" is basically expressing yourself and improving comprehension.  "Learning to write" is learning the basics of writing such as grammar usage and sentence and paragraph structure.  One of the assessments this article focuses on is assessing writing and how the teacher feedback is important.  When accessing writing it is important to keep in mind the fundamentals of writing and how the student writes.  This article also points out how rubrics and checklists are helpful for teachers so they want be as bias when they grade.  My question is, "How will I be able to assess students' writings?"  I know that as a teacher I must teach writing based off the present curriculum so students will learn the required material.  I must have students do activities such as reading logs to enhance their thinking and make them think critically.  

Content Area Literacy M/W
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1ST POST INTRODUCTION

Hello! My name is LaDisha Moore.  I am from Noxapater, MS.  I moved to Hattiesburg about 2 years ago after graduating from East Central Community College.  My hobbies include spending time with my family and friends, shopping, and attending church.  My love for children is what brought me to education.  I enjoy helping children and being a positive impact on their life.  I often aim for perfection so my ideal grade would be an A.  Since I am a dual major,  I am very excited about teaching children with disabilities.  I really enjoy helping children with disabilities and my goal is to teach them skills that will allow them to be comfortable with their peers.  From experience, I noticed that children with disabilities just want to be accepted like any other individual in life.  I'm really not nervous about any content of teaching because I feel that I have been trained and taught to be able to teach anything.  I know that this journey is far from easy, but I am very confident that I can handle the tasks.  In the syllabus, the assignments expectations stood out to me the most.  By you providing that, it lets me know what to expect and I can prepare in advance.  I think this course is about reading, writing, and strategies to improve literacy.  I hope to learn more about literacy in this course and new methods on how to teach literacy.  My only concern is about the service learning project and i'm sure you will explain this in details on a later date.