Reflections on Framing Literacy 1,
Ok chapter one of framing literacy, good writers share characteristics.
How can I instill in my students those same characteristics?
First I think that I have to concentrate on two things first and foremost,
self-efficacy and imagery.
My children need to be risk-takers who believe in themselves. How do
they get there? By seeing me taking risks as well. I teach bilingual
education, reading in Spanish, I need to show them that I too can take
risks when
it comes to reading. When we are reading a book together in Spanish and
we come to a word that I don’t know I need to stop and ask a struggling
reader or any reader what that word means thus giving them success and
modeling how even a teacher needs help with vocabulary, and pronunciation.
Modeling will be key. The other aspect is imagery. In the book Mosaic
of Thought by Keene and Zimmermann, their approach to reading is what
it reminds you of… Negotiating the meaning as a group coming in with
experiences and beliefs. I need my kids to see the barn, feel the calico,
smell the burn microwave popcorn. Then and only then can they make text
to text, text to world, and text to self connections.
Justin
