Date/Time: Thursday, May 11th 11:00 - 11:50 am
Topic/Skill: Reading 2A with Angel Rios
I shadowed Professor Angel Rios' Reading 2A class today and it was a lively group dynamic with 15 students present. Angel began the class with a story about his morning, going to Starbucks, and experiencing a "pay it forward" moment. This gave him the opportunity to explain the idiom and also talk briefly about American culture. The students took their first quiz yesterday and had mixed feeling about it. Angel anticipated this and rearranged their plans for the class to review their previous homework assignment, then go over the quiz and the correct answers with detail. The focus of the day was answering questions and defining words based on comprehension and context clues. An element notable and significant to the classroom dynamic was the ability for conversation and laughter! This kept spirits high while working through the muddled quiz results. Angel was generous in his reviewing of answers, asking students to explain why answers were not viable options. This allowed for further speaking opportunities and challenging their comprehension of the material. I am interested to see more reading classroom structures, as I imagine them to all function differently, especially based on classroom culture and dynamics.
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