Last week, I sat in on a Group 2A Reading Class with Angel Rios. The class began with comprehension questions from a reading in their book they did the day before. Angel let them work in groups on these questions, as he walked around the room and made sure they were using English and answering any vocabulary questions the students had. This activity helps the students with retaining information over a longer period of time (a full day vs. a class period), as they were asked not to use their books.
Angel keeps his classes pretty relaxed and friendly, turning on music when they walk in and even during classwork sometimes. You can tell the students really respect and admire him as a teacher because he is straight forward, yet kind.
Once time was up for answering questions, Angel let them use their books to double-check themselves before going over each question in detail, explaining unknown terms/vocabulary words along the way.
The class then read another chapter in their novels. Angel reads while the class follows along, stopping for any words he thinks they may not understand, as well as for any words the students ask questions about. He checked comprehension during the reading, asking them easy questions about the text as he went.
At the end of class, he assigned them homework from their textbooks and let them know they'd be answering questions from the reading the next day.
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