FNED 346
Mrs. McKamey
11/18/18
Site Connections
My Student learning site is in a 3rd grade classroom at Stadium Elementary School in Cranston, Rhode Island. The school has ratings of over 60% in both minority enrollment population and reduced lunch. The teacher has me work with a few students in the back of the classroom along with another assistant teacher to help these particular students who require extra attention with math and reading/writing assignments. I believe my site can be related to Rodriguez's perspective, due to there being students in my class who have diverse backgrounds and most likely speak a second language at home, including the Asian and Hispanic students. Although these students are thankfully able to learn the material and do well on their work in the classroom, they may not have been able to do as well had they not comprehended the English language as thoroughly as they did at home. Due to the fact that these young students are able to have access to electronic devices such as laptops and phones, I feel my site can also be related to Christensen's work. The students are being trusted by the teachers to complete work, and also have fun beyond pencil and paper and are being granted permission to do so weekly. Lastly, I believe my site can be related to the work of Kristof, due to the fact that the majority of these students are of race-ethnic minority populations and have different backgrounds. Most of the students I have worked with are doing very well with math and reading/writing, and so I believe they truly have the potential to be successful throughout their school career regardless of racial and/or other aspects that should not matter.
Mapping of the authors chart link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uORcrubdNjYPKe20oIS9CATO1snhgXw7GHaPykTv3Hg/edit
Final Map of Authors chart link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uORcrubdNjYPKe20oIS9CATO1snhgXw7GHaPykTv3Hg/edit
Hi Ryan,
ReplyDeleteI definitely see connections to the three authors and your site. It would be more compelling to now build on this blog using a specific story or instance connected to one of the authors and your site. Can you think of a time in your tutoring session where ESL/language came up for you, or some other aspect related to authors came up for you?
It may be that in an ideal world race and class should not matter. However, in this class we are talking about how in reality race and class do matter. (Think about our egg drop activity, for instance). Let's talk more about your observations and experiences this semester -- where have you seen race or class or language or ability or gender matter in your site?
I can relate my site to Rodriguez as well.
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