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During my ELA field, I was a literary aide in an elementary classroom at McQuistion Elementary School. This field opened my eyes to the different forms of ELA instruction. This school uses the Heggerty Curriculum as the basis for their ELA instruction. Up until this field, I have never observed a scripted ELA curriculum. I had the opportunity to teach a lesson using this renowned curriculum. What I appreciated most about this particular approach to instruction is the hand motions that go along with it. There are many different hand motions that are used to demonstrate blending, segmenting, and isolating onset and rime. These motions aid the students in distinguishing phonemes and developing their reading and phonics skills. During my observations, I concluded that much instruction and practice activities are implemented throughout the school day. These weave together to develop The 5 Pillars of Reading - phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.
As I reflect on my field experience, I am reminded of the Danielson Framework, particularly Domain 3E - Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness. When I arrived in the classroom each week, the students were always working on different activities from Heggerty instruction to spelling tests to Rainbow Writing to reading comprehension. Always having a changing schedule required me to use flexibility and respond quickly to changing schedules. When I came into class, I had to quickly adapt to different activities in order to aid in the students' ELA development. I enjoyed having something new to do each week as it kept me on my toes and helped me to get experience in a range of activities.
I have thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to observe during the ELA portion of my classroom's school day. I have gained experience with different ELA activities, and I am grateful for this chance as it furthered my professional development. I look forward to implementing several of the lessons I learned during this field in my future classroom.
As I reflect on my field experience, I am reminded of the Danielson Framework, particularly Domain 3E - Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness. When I arrived in the classroom each week, the students were always working on different activities from Heggerty instruction to spelling tests to Rainbow Writing to reading comprehension. Always having a changing schedule required me to use flexibility and respond quickly to changing schedules. When I came into class, I had to quickly adapt to different activities in order to aid in the students' ELA development. I enjoyed having something new to do each week as it kept me on my toes and helped me to get experience in a range of activities.
I have thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to observe during the ELA portion of my classroom's school day. I have gained experience with different ELA activities, and I am grateful for this chance as it furthered my professional development. I look forward to implementing several of the lessons I learned during this field in my future classroom.
Image Citation: “The Five Essential Elements of Reading.” Reading Eggs, Blake ELearning, readingeggs.com/schools/five-pillars-of-reading/.