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Field Notes (part 3) 100-Word Strategy Memo Post For this week’s post I decided to use Wendy Luttrell Reflexive Writing strategy. I tried the 100 Word strategy to explain why the chosen topic is important to me as an individual, and as an educator. (I tried). Version one: Why does this topic matters to me? My responsibility as a Spanish Teacher is to not only introduce non-Spanish speaking students to learning a new language, but also to show them the relationship that exist between language and culture.  This topic is important to me because I want to engage my heritage learners in meaningful learning as I see notice lost of interest in learning more about the language they already speak. Providing the appropriate support to help them succeed academically is vital. My goal moving forward is to encourage and empower all students to enhance their knowledge of the home language and culture. Version two: Why does this matter to the participants in my study? As a ...

Memo Blog # 9 Field notes (part 2) F or the past two years I have been searching for ways to encouraged and engaged in becoming more curious learners. My goal was to find fascinating topic(s) for getting them into deep conversation even if it was in English. Sadly I discovered that today's modern students are not interested in many of the curriculum topics are often irrelevant to students’ interests, learning preferences and current trends in the world. I am desperately trying to turn this around we can turn this around while targeting and exercising all their essential language skills.  Since we started the school year, this past week was the first time I was able to see my 8th grade class. For the past two years my school adopted and have been using a semesterised approach. Many of the high schools in the District already use this system and due to this fact, many classes were affected by this change.   We also have adopted an A day and a B day approach a...

Memo Blog # 8 (A) Making Sense of Your Learnings Analyzing Data by Falk and Blumenreich Chapter 7 The chapter begins by describing data analysis as being an ongoing process which starts immediately after data collection begins. Being able to collect data, reflect on the evidence that was collected collected immediately should be a priority for a person who is conducting classroom research. Both authors recommend to collect data and organize it right away so that it does not become a pile of evidence. Falk and Blumenreich states “Only through this ongoing regular review-also referred as formative analysis- will you avoid becoming overwhelmed by the data you are collecting” (Falk and Blumenreich page 115). So, it is imperative to collect data, analyze and cleaning it so that the data, evidence piling up of it does not become an impossible task for the researcher. Keeping an eye of the timeline is also important when gathering, organizing and selecting the correct data for your s...

O ctober 14, 2018 Memo Blog # 7   Field Notes Part of our final project will be completed with the field notes we have been taking for the past days. I have been taking descriptive notes, but I still think I am not focusing enough on my research question(s). Last week was a bad week for me because the class I did not see the class I choose for this project. Monday we had no school, Wednesday the 8th grade students took the PSAT and Friday they attended a high school presentation. I was not able to take enough field notes. Hopefully this week I will be able to take consistent and valid notes so that I can get enough data for to begin organizing my data to work on my classroom research.  As stated in my research proposal, I will be utilizing different sources which will yield enough and consistent data. For my project I chosen 4 Heritage Learners. I choose these students because I believe will become a valuable data resource as I focus on answering my ma...

Memo Blog # 6 Powerful Poetic Inquiry Stephanie Jones Chapter 5 This chapter describes how a Middle School Language Arts Teacher utilize her developing process of poetic inquiry in her work. The process of writing and revising poetry helped the teacher as she was able to change the way in which she thought about her student(s) and her teaching.  It is well known that teaching poetry is great teaching and learning technique because it enables teachers to teach their students how to write, read, and understand any text. Poetry can give students a healthy outlet for surging emotions. Reading original poetry aloud in class can foster trust and empathy in the classroom community, while also emphasizing speaking and listening skills that are often neglected in school literature classes. Poetry promotes literacy, builds community, and fosters emotional resilience. It can cross boundaries that little else can. Sadly poems are not utilized as often as they should.  ...