Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Jenna Fudge - Tompkins Ch. 5
I thought this chapter again, like the others had a lot of useful ideas that can be implemented in the classroom. Unfortunately again, it seems like I am not seeing these things in my current field placement. I am in a 2nd/3rd grade split and they do not have any word walls. The 2nd graders however sometimes have their spelling words posted on the wall and they are ordered based on like parts of the words (something we previously learned in class is not a good idea). The 3rd graders do not have their words posted but they are given handouts with their spelling words but written in cursive. Again, this is something we previously learned is not a good idea as far as teaching spelling. When I am trying to remember the spelling of a word and need to write it out or picture it in my head, I'm not doing it in cursive. Cursive is important for them to learn and they enjoy learning it but I think it should be kept away from spelling.
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I agree that I am not seeing many of the things mentioned in this chapter in my current field placement. It is harder to have word walls in older students' classrooms, although I do think that another type of word wall could be very helpful for older students though. I have not seen much literacy in my field placement classroom, but maybe that's just because I haven't been there that long to observe the students.
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