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This week in seminar we finished up Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol, the last few chapters touched on what happens to students after they leave the safety of elementary school. I can't help but think about my sweet second graders and what will happen to them when they leave the safety of our classroom. Some, I know, will continue to flourish and do well in school, one or two could even become famous because of how much talent they already possess. Some will not do well in the upper level grades, my friend who tends to make learning each day an interesting experience worries me the most. I know that the students attempts to physically harm my CT or the other students will one day become a safety hazard and negative consequences could come from the inability to control the frustration and anger that occurs. When I got to thinking about what my students will be up to when they are no longer in the same school, I was finishing up a PLC project that included a article about flooding students with vocabulary. It has been researched that students who are exposed to a wide variety of words before they enter school are able to get ahead in learning while students who haven't been exposed fall behind and never catch up typically.
And thats all for this week!
Ms. Brookes