Sydney Swain – Learning to be the best teacher in the world!
Intro: My name is Sydney Shaye Swain! I like my name a lot. I think a name holds a lot of a person’s identity. I cannot flipping wait to be a teacher. Yes, like most future teachers, I love children, however I feel like I have a special connection to young students and learning. I am a very encouraging, complimenting person. I think that kind of positivity is really going to serve me well in my future classroom. I dream of making students confident learners. School is a place where a child spends most of their time; they deserve it to be a place of growth. I really just want my own classroom already. The sooner I can be Ms. Swain, the better. I also like crafting, Disney Land, mashed potatoes, my boyfriend, our garden, and our house!
“A Reader” : When a teacher recognizes a reader, they mean a student who truly enjoys reading. They usually do not mean the faster reader, or the student with the best “fluency rate”. I like that the article challenges the reader by saying that we ask our students to assume the identity of a reader, so we need to explain to our students what a “reader” means, so they do not form their own stigmas. Being a reader is just being a person who is drawing intertextual connections, enjoying a story, 0r being a part of a community through books. There is not ever just one meaning, but reading is an important thing to make your class love, while feeling proud of it.
2 Replies to “Sydney Swain – Learning to be the best teacher in the world!”
Love the idea of being a part of a community through books…how do we create educational spaces that encourage a love of reading? How can we give up control so students develop their own reading identities? Glad to have another class with you!
I really enjoyed your thoughts on the idea of not forming a stigma of a a “reader” for students I think that is very important to stop students from being discouraged from reading. I also like your snippet on school should be a part of their growth and make them confident which I think you will be able to do in the future someday!