Learning Letter

Overall, I feel really proud of the work I have completed in this class. The book talks were my favorite part of this class because I learned about various different books that I have made note to read in the future, and to have available in my class for my future students. The book talks also helped me further understand how I can incorporate young adult books into my curriculum.  I was also really proud of myself for keeping up with the reading. There was a lot to read in a short amount of time, but I'm very glad I prioritized my time to make sure I accomplished reading the assigned young adult book because I really enjoyed the books we read, especially The Round House. The work that I am most proud of for completing was the unit plan. At the beginning of the quarter I was STRESSING on how I was going to complete this, especially because I've only ever completed on lesson plan ever!! I would have liked to put more effort and time towards it so I could really perfect it, but I'm very proud of myself for fully completing it to the best of my ability. It also has been such a huge help for me to better understand what works well in a classroom.

Each discussion we did helped me better understand theories and concepts that are useful to me as a future teacher. I really liked doing the discussion posts because it helped me reflect on what I learned from my reading, and it also helped open new ideas by reading an discussing about what my peers learned about. To me, the most beneficial reading was the short book we read, I Read it but I Don't Get it. I thoroughly enjoyed this short read because it provided me with so many different techniques I can use in the future to help my students understand their reading. I also found the EDTPA articles really helpful, especially when creating my lesson plans because it helped cleared up some confusion or parts of my lesson plan, and provided new ideas that I could incorporate into my lesson plans as well.

My participation in class has taught me the value and importance of discussion! We had some form of discussion every class period, and I was influenced and I learned so much from my peers. For instance, when we would have discussions about our lesson plans in class, I was able to incorporate new ideas into my own lesson plans, while providing feedback or new ideas for my peers as well. This makes me want to keep incorporating discussion in the future whether it's with other teachers or even just in my own classroom. This class has taught me how importance it is to discuss with others because it helps reflect on your own learning, but opens our mind to new ideas as well.