Justin Jones Blogs

I remember back in the third grade my teacher had the best classroom library. She had all sorts of things like pillows, bean bag chairs, colorful mat, a ton of books, and a table with chairs. When we finished our work she allowed us to go over and pick a book that we wanted to read. That was the life during third-grade reading. The reason I think it is important to have a classroom library is that this is when kids fall in love with reading. I know my teacher love seeing the student's eyes light up when they are able to choose and read the book they wanted to read. The teacher library usually reflects the teacher personality. I think the books in my classroom should be sports books since I want to be a physical education teacher. I would have autobiography about coaches, player, and teams. I would also have books about how to play certain sports. I want my students to have every expose to sports game and information about historically great sports individuals.

The strategies that I could use in my content area is Think Pair Share. The way I could use this strategy in my content area is by haveing the students use it in a basketball lesson about dribbling. So, during the thinking stage, I would have them write down why they think dribbling is important to basketball. Now, in the pair stage, the students would discuss with a partner about the idea they wrote down and then write down some idea they might not have thought about after their partner shared. Now the sharing stage is when they will review their ideas and circle the one that is most important and share the idea with the class. As the student listens to the class they will write down some idea they might have missed on their own or from the first person they shared with. The thing I like about this strategy is you get ideas flowing. Sometimes it is hard to come up with ideas on your own. If you have that other person to guide you then you might not struggl...