Week 2's Blog Post for CECS 5110:
Being a Kindergarten teacher...I like things to be cutesy, whimsical, colorful, and fun! My "cutesy by nature" personality made my assignments for week 2 in CECS 5110 extra difficult. Don't get me wrong...fonts can be fun/cute! And I think I made good use of color in my assignments, but creating a document with only text is HARD when it is meant for 5/6 year olds. My mind is always thinking about text + graphic combos, so that my littles who can't read yet can still understand the message I'm trying to get across. I almost always include pictures with my words when we create anchor charts together in class.
Of course for older students, I think that instructions in text-only format are fine. Giving students a written list of instructions that they can refer back to holds them accountable for completing a given task without asking for directions to be repeated. Almost like a "To Do List" that they can check off. Some learners struggle when it comes to auditory processing, so having directions written out can help those who need that extra support.
As I said, it was definitely hard for me to leave the pictures out of my assignment; however, I did things like when I mentioned students' RED folder, I changed the font to red. Small cues like that will help my Kinder babies out when "reading". When designing instruction for littles though, pictures and words are best, in my opinion! :)
Of course for older students, I think that instructions in text-only format are fine. Giving students a written list of instructions that they can refer back to holds them accountable for completing a given task without asking for directions to be repeated. Almost like a "To Do List" that they can check off. Some learners struggle when it comes to auditory processing, so having directions written out can help those who need that extra support.
As I said, it was definitely hard for me to leave the pictures out of my assignment; however, I did things like when I mentioned students' RED folder, I changed the font to red. Small cues like that will help my Kinder babies out when "reading". When designing instruction for littles though, pictures and words are best, in my opinion! :)
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