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Video Critique Alternative Passage Reading (3rd Grade)

[|Alternative Passage Reading]

I really enjoyed watching this video. In this video there are many great teaching strategies. Dr. Archer always has a positive attitude and delivers the lesson well. I believe that is important to being an effective teacher. What I liked most about this video was how well she explained the directions to the students. She had them put their thumbs up in front of their stomachs when they knew the answer. Some of the students had their thumbs up in the air. Dr. Archer did a great job demonstrating what she wanted them to do. I also thought she did a great job demonstrating how to whisper read. When directions are clear and precise, the students will ask fewer questions. It also allows for more instruction time. I also really liked how she had the entire class go back and reread a page. Some of the students were not in the right place. Instead of singling out those students she just had the entire class reread the page. Doing that gets the students in the wrong spot on the right page without embarrassing them. After watching this video I couldn’t really find many weaknesses. There was really only one. While explaining how to whisper read she told the students she would place her hand on their back when she wanted them to read. Then she would take her hand off their back when she wanted them to stop. When she started she did not put her hand on the student’s back. Not following through with directions can cause confusion in the classroom. Overall I thought this was a great video. I believe I could use the Alternative Reading Passage Method in 1st-5th grade. I also believe you could use it in middle school but you would have to be careful. As the students get older they may be less likely to want to read with other students and respond with choral answers. I also believe I could use this method for teaching Social Studies and Science. Both of these subjects have lots of important vocabulary the students need to know. By using the choral reading and cloze reading procedures will help the students hear the vocabulary words or other words they don’t know.