Blog 1

Before I started this class I thought that Language Arts was not as complex as it is. I may have thought this about Language Arts because  as a student in grade school, teacher never put the elements out there. I mean they do not say okay Language arts is writing, reading, listening, viewing, and visually representing. I know that when I was in Language arts classrooms I would  just thing writing, writing, writing. Now that Dr. Harris has put them in front of me, now I realize that all of those do play a role in language arts. It's funny how I had to take a step back and really think about it, and how I learned. I had really good teacher's for language arts and I started remembering the activities we would do, the journal writing, the reflecting. It's funny because then I started to miss it.lol. The process of learning really had an impact on me, I never sat down to ponder how we learn and the steps that are involved. Organization is the main factor, which when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. When I learn new material I always try to associate it with material I have already learned, I believed that I have a TAMUK-SA File. Everything that I have learned so far is closely related, so it is easy for me to remember and apply in life or in the field base classrooms. Metacognition, I will always Remember Dr. Jurica when I hear that term, his class is the first class that I learned that term. I never knew there was a term that described think about your thinking. I do that all the time, especially when I read, I always ask myself what did I just read or I don't remember what I just read, now I have to go back and re-read. Teaching children to read is going to be a tough task, since there is a 4 language system, before I started studying early childhood I thought that you teach kids the sounds of the letters, and the blends, and they would be able to communicate effectively. Now that I have been an early childhood student, I realize that it take more than that, which intrigues me as a feature educator. The 4 language systems are phonological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic. These systems will help me as an educator to effectively teach me students, how to read, write and communicate. I think that the Gardner's MI test is a great way to get to k ow your students, and figure out they best way they learn. The reading and writing processes is great to be aware of, especially the reading, I think that the different stages will help me as a feature teacher, to make reading in the classroom and outside the classroom successful. The writing process is something that I do not practice, but I really should. To be honest I am guilty of checking my spelling, and changing my paper five times before I finish.  I remember I used to do webs or write out my Ideas, but when I got to college I stopped. I should go back to that. I know that it does help organize your thoughts, and I will have my students do it, so I better start practicing what I am going to be teaching.