Marcell - My Classroom and Demonstration Idea
I have been teaching elementary for the past 14 years. This is my first year at Roy Gomm Elementary. All my previous years were at Title I schools. In various capacities, I have taught and/or worked with grades K-6. I am currently teaching a 3rd grade class. I am daily amazed by the advantages my current students come to school with as compared to my past Title I students.
Having focused on my teaching of writing for a number of years now, I like to think of myself as doing a decent job of running writer's workshop and teaching writing traits. Having taught at Bailey Charter Elementary for the past six years where I had a lot of flexibility and say in what I taught, how I taught it, and time to teach it, I was brought up quite short this year as I was reacquainted with district schedules. I calculate that between specials and extra recesses I have a minimum of 4 fewer hours/week with my students at Gomm than I had with my students at Bailey. Figuring out what to cut has been a challenge. Unfortunately, time for writing has taken the largest cut. I am looking for ways to efficiently utilize the short segments of time I have in incorporating more writing into my classroom.
This has led me to my demonstration idea. I would like to find ways of incorporating poetry much more often. I believe that through poetry students can demonstrate an understanding of concepts taught in various subjects. I also believe many of the writing traits can be taught and demonstrated with poetry. Because normally, a piece of poetry can be written in much less time than a full paper, incorporating poetry would allow students to practice concepts and demonstrate knowledge in the smaller time segments that I have available. Anyway that is what I am thinking.
Having focused on my teaching of writing for a number of years now, I like to think of myself as doing a decent job of running writer's workshop and teaching writing traits. Having taught at Bailey Charter Elementary for the past six years where I had a lot of flexibility and say in what I taught, how I taught it, and time to teach it, I was brought up quite short this year as I was reacquainted with district schedules. I calculate that between specials and extra recesses I have a minimum of 4 fewer hours/week with my students at Gomm than I had with my students at Bailey. Figuring out what to cut has been a challenge. Unfortunately, time for writing has taken the largest cut. I am looking for ways to efficiently utilize the short segments of time I have in incorporating more writing into my classroom.
This has led me to my demonstration idea. I would like to find ways of incorporating poetry much more often. I believe that through poetry students can demonstrate an understanding of concepts taught in various subjects. I also believe many of the writing traits can be taught and demonstrated with poetry. Because normally, a piece of poetry can be written in much less time than a full paper, incorporating poetry would allow students to practice concepts and demonstrate knowledge in the smaller time segments that I have available. Anyway that is what I am thinking.
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Permalink Reply by Temoca Dixon on
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I like your idea, Marcell and I agree. Poetry is a great way to get the students to write because it is less intimidating than say a research paper. I think you can hit your standards through poetry also. There is a book out there by Nancy Atwell, Poetry Year Around? I'm lost on the title and the book is at school. She talks about sharing poetry everyday and using many writing and reading skills to do so. I plan to use it much more next year with my incoming 7th graders. I do believe the book is more focused on the upper grades, but you may get some ideas and then just adapt it for your kiddos.
I look forward to your presentation.
Temoca
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Permalink Reply by Marcell Boyer on
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Thank you for your book suggestion. I will find it.
Marcell
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