A little about me!
Hello! My name is Paige Petty. I am 21 years old. I just recently got engaged and I am getting married May 28, 2011. My hobbies include fishing, shopping, spending time with my mom and family, and watching movies and football. I am a Senior at the University of South Alabama and will I graduate May 14, 2011. I am going to school for Elementary Education. I graduated from J. U. Blacksher in Monroe County and then went to Faulkner State Community College for two years. I graduated from Faulkner in the Spring of 2009 with honors. I was a member of Phi Theta Kappa. That Summer I worked as a youth counselor at Poarch. That was definately an experience. It showed me that I wanted to be a teacher. In the Fall of 2009, I started my first year at the University of South Alabama. I moved from Uriah, AL, which is in Monroe County, to Spanish Fort, AL to be closer to school. In the Spring of 2009, I was at Daphne Elementary School in 2nd grade for pre-sequence. This was a great semester. I learned so much from my cooperating teacher. For sequence, I am at Delta Elementary School in 5th grade. The school, staff, and children are great. This school is small and reminds me so much of the school I went to.
Below I have summarized some of the lesson plans I have written, but I have also included the whole lesson plan. If you look on the right hand side under my profile, there is a section called "Pages" which will include all of the lesson plans. Hope you enjoy my blog!
Independent Reading
Independent reading isn't just about letting kids read silently for a given amount of time. It's about providing students with the necessary tools to becoming independent and life long readers. Independent reading builds fluency, increases vocabulary, and builds background or schema. An important role of the teacher comes in the selection and gathering of appropriate books. Books available for independent reading should include all those which have been used during shared and guided reading, as well as a large selection of new books which the teacher has acquired. In my classroom, I will have a classroom library with different kinds of books for my children to choose from. These books will have varied genres, titles, content, and levels. There will be books with cultural differences and books that come in different sizes. I will also have books on audio disks. This is also a great time for me to model reading. This will show students that I like to read as well, so maybe it will inspire them.
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