Group 2: Module 2 Video Reflection by JoDell Heroux

Maggie McCafferty

2025-09-18 17:57:31 UTC

The teacher uses reading content that interests the children. This makes the children more likely to want to read. The teacher also engages in the reading with the child.

Maggie McCafferty

2025-09-18 18:00:02 UTC

I think that the teacher is successful at keeping her students engaged with the reading and making text-to-world connections for her students. She talks to them about the book so that they stay focused and can connect the book to their lives.

Ellie Morrow

morro1e — 2025-09-19 14:29:41 UTC

In order to generate excitement about reading and writing, the teacher uses her love for reading in order to build a connection with the students. She believes reading is a reward and not something they should look down upon in her classroom. She makes reading not a punishment, so instead of having them reading during recess the students read during times that they want to. Lastly, she has a "please read" bin where all students can put in any types of books that they want her to read. I think this helps engage all students into searching out books and finding interest in reading.

Ellie Morrow

morro1e — 2025-09-19 14:34:32 UTC

The teacher uses choice to motivate and engage the students by letting the students choose what books they want to read during a project they are on. She also makes sure to have a variety of books for all of her students. Furthermore, during free choice time, she sets up a corner of her room to be almost like a 'post office'. For this, she gives students mail, and they can write letters to whomever they want to. This helps students with their writing skills while also having fun.

Ellie Morrow

morro1e — 2025-09-19 14:39:10 UTC

I think she is successful because she cares about her student's well-being and truly wants the best for her students. I might use similar strategies like the "please read" bin and not using reading as a punishment to help encourage my students to love to read. I believe that being introduced to reading in a fun and interactive way truly dictates your overall opinion on literacy for a long time, so my whole goal will be to make reading seem like a thing you 'get' to do, not 'have' to do.

Ellie Morrow

morro1e — 2025-09-19 14:42:31 UTC

Choice is so important to students' literacy development because it can give them a sense of motivation for the students to work hard and wanting to learn more. When you do not have the choice to do something, it can be hard to truly enjoy what you are doing. Furthermore, learning literacy is not 'one-size fits all', all students will prefer different learning styles, different books, different environments, etc. If you forced each kid to learn the same way, you would never be successful.

Kuryn Simkins

2025-09-19 17:17:00 UTC

One of teachers generates excitement about reading by using it as a reward. She has a special drawer filled with the classes favorite books that she will only open when they earn it. She also has a 'Please Read' box for students to put books that they want her to read in. The other teacher has a 'Need a Book?' board where students and guests can recommend books.

Kuryn Simkins

2025-09-19 17:18:51 UTC

The teacher is successful because she is a positive role model and demonstrates her love for reading and writing on a daily basis. This motivates the students to want to read and write more. she also makes reading fun by reading books the students like.

Kuryn Simkins

2025-09-19 17:27:42 UTC

The teacher motivates the students by allowing them to choose what book group they are in. She also allows them to choose what books they want in there book bin and provides a wide range of books to choose from. She lets them choose what activity they do during free choice time.

Kuryn Simkins

2025-09-19 17:30:21 UTC

Choice is important to literacy developement because it allows students to do their work in a way that will benefit them most. They can choose what style fits them the best.

Grace Dixon

2025-09-21 02:41:06 UTC

One of the teachers encouraged her students to enjoy reading by showing her excitement about books; she often had conversations about the books she would read. She also would introduce new books to her students that would come into the classroom so that her students were informed about them. In this process she also would explain what interests were in the books; for example, she brought up how there were facts about myths in a volcano book. She also stopped giving her students prizes when they read a certain number of books; instead, she makes reading new and interesting by switching the way they read. For instance, she organized a day where they could read books while still in their pajamas.

Grace Dixon

2025-09-21 02:47:36 UTC

I think these teachers were successful because of their enthusiasm; you could tell they loved to read, and it really made a difference. It rubs off on students; they talked about reading like it was fun, not a task.

Grace Dixon

2025-09-21 02:53:36 UTC

The teachers used choice to motivate students by letting them pick what to read and write about. While sometimes the teachers guided the students to join a book club group or to write about a place they like in Michigan, they ultimately let the students choose what interests to implement in their literacy journeys.

Grace Dixon

2025-09-21 03:02:41 UTC

When students get a choice in their literacy development, they are more likely to stay engaged and want to read and write. Giving students a choice to explore their interests or something that relates to their experiences makes reading and writing feel more meaningful to them. It encourages them to read and write more.

Bret Mendoza

2025-09-21 17:29:49 UTC

The teachers do lots of things to keep reading exciting. The kindergarten teacher has a bin to allow students to add books to it that they can't yet read on their own for the teacher to go bad to and share with the students during read-aloud. The 3rd grade teacher does lots of things to keep her students engaged and excited with reading. She gets new books for the class based on what the students are interested in at the time. She also previews them to the students to get them to want to read them. Another thing she does is let them do special things with reading to make it fun like reading in the dark with flashlights. One thing both teachers did was not ever make reading be a punishment.

Bret Mendoza

2025-09-21 17:38:04 UTC

The teacher was very successful when getting students to read because she made it fun. She got the students' new books based on what they liked at the time as well as giving them things to make reading fun like giving them flashlights in the dark. She is successful because she plays into it and models how reading should be and how she wants the students to be with reading.

Kennedy Peplinski

2025-09-21 18:04:39 UTC

To generate excitement about reading and writing for the students, the teacher uses reading like a reward for them. She shares her own excitement and interest in reading with the students and also lets them read books and topics they are interested in. She introduces new books herself to the class and also uses a "please read" bin where the students can put books in themselves that they are interested in and want her to read, which she will do once they earn it.

Kennedy Peplinski

2025-09-21 18:09:42 UTC

The teacher uses choice to motivate and engage the students because she gives them choice in what books they can read. They can also choose what book club they want to be in. Each student in the class has their own special bin of books which they can choose from and then they also get to choose where in the classroom they would like to sit and read their book.

Kennedy Peplinski

2025-09-21 18:12:17 UTC

Choice is so important to students' literacy development because it allows them to be excited about reading and more engaged. When they are given a choice in their reading or writing, it makes them more motivated intrinsically and helps them produce better work. It also helps them feel proud of their work.

Kennedy Peplinski

2025-09-21 18:14:22 UTC

I think that the teacher is successful because she shows her own excitement and interest in reading to the students and gives them ways to be motivated themselves. She makes reading exciting for the students and gives them chances to pick what they get to read. I can see myself in the future doing something similar to what she did with allowing students to give input or pick specific books that she will read next.

Emma Potochny

2025-09-22 00:04:37 UTC

The teacher was very good at engaging with the students in a very exchangeable way. The children didn't feel like they were just being forced to read, but by sharing their own interests in reading and sharing recommendations. I really like how she worked with the students to tie in their own thoughts, so they felt more important, therefore increasing excitement.

Emma Potochny

2025-09-22 00:06:51 UTC

I think this teacher was successful because she engaged the students in an interesting way. I could use these strategies in my own classroom by being intentional with learning the interests of the children and involving it in the day-to-day aspects of the class.

Emma Potochny

2025-09-22 00:08:18 UTC

This teacher allowed students to make their own choice regarding reading and groups. They were given freedom to feel more like an adult, feeling more trust from the teacher. If you feel like someone trusts you, you are more willing to engage.

Emma Potochny

2025-09-22 00:11:07 UTC

Choice in children's literature is super important because it allows for students to have different outlooks on life and choose the stories that speak to them. Creative outlets look different from person to person, and being able to have say in the worlds you dive into and topics you read are so important in making choices for the rest of your life.