Sabrina CO #1

Date: March 6th, 11-11:50AM

I attended Felicia Ciapetta's Monday reading class for beginners. The topic of the class was how to comprehend and summarize what students read. Over the weekend, students had homework to read an article called, “Colors”. The class began with the instructor going straight into discussion about the article. What had they learned about colors? Students then revised a strategy taught to them known as “SQ3R”. This stands for “survey, question, read, recite, and review”. Felicia focused on explaining the SQ3R method in full detail providing many examples. She drew figures on the board trying to demonstrate the difference between the three “R”s in the strategy and how they would help students in successful comprehension. I loved how she gave real life examples of how these steps could be applied in other scenarios of life. She also emphasized the importance of mastering reading comprehension in these smaller articles before students go on to tackle far larger articles in future higher studies. Midway in the class, a writing assignment was given to summarize the article “Colors”. Another article was introduced end of class. Felicia asked students to discuss what they thought the article would be about just from reading the title. It was very interesting to see everyone's guesses. I really enjoyed how eager the students were to share their thoughts on what they had read. I credit this to Felicia's positive attitude in class and her very encouraging feedback. She made each student's point seem important and in return students felt motivated to engage in further discussion. She urged her students to not fear trying. I realized by observing her class that making students feel comfortable makes them willing to engage. This is a huge part of their learning development.