Thursday, October 1, 2009
observation of teacher using Tumblebooks!
This week was our first implementation study at our elementary. For this study, the literacy leader and I were specifically looking for engagement strategies to teach either vocabulary or fluency. In one of the 2nd grade classrooms that I observed, the teacher used Tumblebooks! I was so excited to see it being used, because it was a technology resource that we had not introduced yet this year. The class had previously read "How I Became a Pirate." They were studying fluency and the way the voice changed for the "pirate dialect." So, the teacher showed the book on Tumblebooks and the students gave a thumbs up each time they heard the reader change their voice for the pirate dialect. The students were all very engaged and I liked how the teacher had the students do something, rather than just have them view the book! It was a great lesson!
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Wow! I bet that was exciting. I sort of wish that I was still working in a school so that I could see how all of this applies and is actually being used. Now you will know your resource person when you actually introduce this. I would think that teachers are more likely to be willing to try something new if they know other teachers are already using it and finding it worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this experience - I put a link to Tumblebooks up on our Wiki for others to know about! As you see resources like that, please share on our class wiki.
ReplyDeleteUsing the Tumblebooks to work on fluency is awesome. I saw the use of programs like this used alot when I was in the school but they were often used as more of a time filler, such as before school started when they could come into the classroom. I really like to see when teacher can use it to befenit what they are teaching, because I dont know about you but I would never be able to get the pirate dialect down.
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