In my field experience thorughout the mid-atlantic region I have been able to view a wide array of classrooms, each with a different perspective of teaching. While observing and teaching in these classrooms, I was able to be including in a hybrid course containing history and science content. As a hybrid course students would have a block schedule which would include science for the first half and history for the second. These could change due to the schedule. However, the material taught followed the 4 E’s Moje provided engaging, engineering, examining, and evaluating work. Students in the science classroom were able to dive into the lesson by receiving cards with information of planets, they were able to analyze the information on the card and seperate the cards into certain classifications. After this the students were able to create a log containing useful information on planets, stars, etc. They were also able to construct and demonstrate moon phases and orbit using classroom tools. Disciplinary literacy can be used in any class as long as the teacher is knowledgable on it and can prepare their classroom and students for the material.
Content in my eyes is the information being taught within a classroom, while on the other hand content area is is where that content is focused. This can include but not limited to, Math, Science, ELA, History. While observing in these classrooms, I have enjoyed seeing the different content areas, and the content has differed within the same content areas. This has given me more exposure to different levels of content and knowledge within the classroom as well as various grades in the same content area. The same goes for Discliplinary Literacy, some teachers can implement this into their lessons however, it is dependent on the teacher and how they want to model and shape their classroom and grab the students attention.
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I think it is a very interesting concept to have hybrid classes offered to younger students. I also find it interesting that the school decided to put history and science together. Throughout my experience, I was in a classroom that was both English and History. While it was a great experience from an observers perspective, I felt that they leaned more towards the English portion and the History was not as clear. This could have been a great opportunity for the host teachers to show the students how to read documents like a historian but the opportunity was lost. However, it seems that your experience was different which is good! I agree that all classrooms can have elements of disciplinary literacy, and how those elements are meaningful depends on the teacher and the classroom setting. What grade were you observing in your blog? It seems that aspects of disciplinary literacy were used, and the students seemed to have created a log that scientists would do if they were studying the solar system. I feel like through the discussion in class today, the concern that was brought up was how to bring light to the four E’s in a way that the students would be able to fully understand and apply them. Has this changed your opinion on the fact that disciplinary literacy can be in any classroom? In my opinion, I think that it can be in certain ways, but I think this concept should also be built throughout the years and it should not be expected for younger students to be a scientist by ten years old. Great blog and I can’t wait to see more insight to your experiences in observations!
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