I would 100% use the poster paper activity to engage students within the classroom. For any subject, especially literacy and social studies, this activity would be great to review and inquire with students.

Some of the questions that were on the poster papers encouraged me to expand my thinking, such as what role do teachers play if literacy is considered power.

Something I would take away from class on Monday was using the paper idea for all subjects to get students engaged and involved in giving their opinions and feeling about different topics.

I felt that working on the questions on the large papers got repetitive and sometimes similar in my responses. I feel making sure the questions are worded in ways students will be able to differentiate them is a big step in the right direction.

Something I can take away from class on Monday is doing the test to see what students do and do not knwo about print concepts.

I think a lot of questions made me think deeper about the content we were reading about in the chapters this week. I think it also made me realize that each student will bring different ideas and knowledge to the table. Therefore we must make acccomdation as needed to that.

Something I would take away from this class on Monday is the group discussion over chapters 3 and 4. I learned a lot while working on my work. Alongside hearing what other students shared after talking with their groups.

One thing that challenged my thinking during my group discussion was how should as we teachers should prevent over-enriching in literacy. This was something my group and I talked heavily on and get me some good ideas on how to prevent this!

One takeaway from Monday's class that I would use in my future classroom was the Conversation Cafe. I like how it got everyone up and moving, and we were able to talk about the questions in small groups as well. This is something that could be transformed and used in many different subject areas.

One idea from my group's literacy discussion that expanded my thinking was how we need to put ourselves in our students' shoes. There is a lot of stuff we do automatically that our students don't know how to do yet. We have to remember to break stuff down and explain things as if we were just learning them also.

A takeaway that I would carry on to my future classrom would be the conversation cafe responses. I like the idea of answering questions in a group to bounce ideas off one another. I think that you can see what your other classmates think on the paper as well.

An idea that expanded my thinking is on oral language and vocabulary. Many kids struggle on the oral language concept and understanding. Teachers have to prepare lessons to ensure they can build their students language with that help.

I would definitely use the classroom cafe activity in a future classroom. I like how flexible it is; students are able to add to the discussion in whatever way they would like, they could even draw a picture. I really appreciated that students could share and see all of their classmates' input without being put on the spot in a whole group discussion.

One takeaway I had from my group's discussion is that different literacy skills can be taught in conjunction, rather than spacing them into blocks throughout the day. Some methods that we discussed were using books that include multiple target skills.

One takeaway that I would carry into my future classroom would be the classroom cafe activity. When doing the activity, I was actively thinking about ways that I could use this in my future classroom. That activity encouraged us to discuss with peers, express our thoughts in a unique way, and challenge our thinking skills. This activity is extremely versatile and can be used in innumerous ways.

One idea that challenged my thinking is when the book talked about not designating specific time blocks for literacy-related things. Oftentimes in classrooms that I have been in, there is designated time blocks for phonics, phonemic awareness, etc. It is challenging, but important to implement literacy in a cohesive way as opposed to these rigid time blocks, not allowing children to see the relation between literacy components.