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Written Reflection Module 3

Katherine Kilgore

Arizona State University

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For module three we focused on a lot of strategies to use while reading. All of these

strategies can be used whether your class is in person and face to face or virtually. Some of my

favorite strategies we learned were the protocols for student lead discussions, using multiple text,

accessing prior knowledge, and using think out louds. I will be reflecting on these concept

through my paper.

In module three we watched a video of one class's protocols for student lead discussions.

This strategy allows students to take the lead, collaborate, be the voice in the class and this

allows students to be active learners. Students learn how to and become more comfortable

speaking and listening to each other. In a student led discussion there is one student who is

assigned as a moderator and keeps the discussion on track. This strategy can also be used in a

virtual classroom environment, we have even used it in another class online. This strategy leads

to deeper learning and allows for students to open up in your classroom.

One concept I liked learning about in this module was the use of multiple text when

teaching a lesson. Using multiple text deepens student understanding and makes them more

knowledgeable on the topic. In our class we visited a webpage where a teacher documented her

success fostering comprehension using multiple text. She guided her students to explore

different perspectives and dive deeper into learning. She had her students read an informative

news article on whales getting trapped in a fisherman net then, her students read a book excerpt.

The students learned about the topic from different perspectives and deepened their

understanding. In this article we also looked at a graphic organizer that I really liked and I plan

on using in my own class. The graphic organizer is a n inquiry chart, I have never seen one of

these but it looks like a KWL chart for research. This definitely helps with organization and asks

for answers to your questions using multiple text.

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Accessing prior knowledge is essential when teaching new topics. Students combine

known information with new information to understand new topics. It is important that we access

prior knowledge when teaching because it gives the students purpose and engages the students in

the new information they are learning. The students combine prior knowledge with their new

information to create and understand. When accessing prior knowledge student motivation also

increases because they find connections to the new information and find it relevant to their own

lives. It is important to build relationships with your students so that you can better relate new

information to their personal lives. Some ways to interest students and allow them time to access

prior knowledge before presenting information is to present them with text about the topic,

present the class with a problem, or to present images about the new information.

We went over using think alouds in this module. Think alouds are the expectations of the

internal dialogue of the thinking process you have for your students. A teacher works through a

process for an example in front of the class and they say aloud what they are thinking or how

they would expect the students' thought processes to occur. For this module we looked at a

video of how two co teachers use think alouds in their classrooms. We also made a thought aloud

for our class. This strategy allows students to understand expectations for comprehension and

allows the teacher to show students what strategies they need to use to be successful. I really

liked this strategy because students learn the expected thought process.