Megan's Reading Response 3

I just realized that I actually responded to this reading prompt already. I skipped one, so I will address the one that I missed and this question again. Sorry. Reading the standards and core curriculum really help a teacher understand what they should be teaching the students. I think that we should revert back to the core when teaching. In class we have been talking about going back to the basics and giving the students all the information they need to succeed, especially in a beginning class. These standards also give us an example of clear and manageable units we can incorporate into our curriculum. Sometimes I think we may try to cram too much into a lesson or we don’t do enough. These help give us an idea of what should be included at each level as well. Also at each level we address different things and literacy would be applied in different ways. We have to start at the basics for them to understand the next level. I also really like how at the end of the foundation levels there were theatre careers and opportunities. I would love to incorporate theatre opportunities into my lessons or at least mention college texts that would be interesting to them. That way it will help the students know that there are other things besides high school and they we can get a higher education and be introduced to even more texts in the future. I know one thing that I am a little worried about is getting my students to be interested and learn what I teach them. I hope to learn lots of different ways to assess the students and help them understand so I can keep them engaged and improving.