Blog Post #1: Chapter 2

                I have also heard teachers and others say the very same thing the text states,” Weren’t these kids suppose to learn how to read in elementary school?” Until now, I had a similar disposition. Purely because I sadly have not put more thought into how and why kids did not understand or comprehend certain texts. Mainly because I have never been MADE to make the critical analysis of why. It makes so much sense that it is their understanding and conceptualization of what they are reading. When I read the cricket passage before I knew it was cricket, I had a hard time concluding that it was even a game! Coming to the realization that students have just as much issue with subjects they have no background information, nothing for them to make it “click” for them, I believe is the greatest lesson from this text. Creating a connection for our students, connecting the geography or history of country to something that is relatable to your students, for example, might be the key in unlocking their understanding of the subject. I think it is of the upmost importance that if we take anything from the class, it’s the duty as a teacher of any subject, to put to practice the method of using connections or “niches”, like stated in the book, so the student can construct their understanding of the subject you are trying to teach.

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