Ms. Coufal reading workshop

From watching the video, I was able to see that Emma Coufal is an amazing teacher. She teaches her students lots of different strategies. Her students seemed like they really enjoyed learning and reading. Ms. Coufal makes her lessons engaging, motivating, and fun for all her students.

Ms. Coufal used “picture power” to predict a word based on looking at the picture, and the first letter. I really enjoyed the game “popin” where students “pop” the first sound in a word. This helped them with phonemic awareness. They used the picture in a book to determine an unknown word.  She uses the concept of “super heroes” to use with “super powers”. I liked the idea that she makes her students wear “witch pointer” on their finger. This makes it exciting for students to follow along and be engaged in the lesson. During independent reading and when the students are with their partner, Ms. Coufal goes around the classroom and assesses her students (informal assessments). She observes her students reading and marks down the students reading level. She explains to her students what it means to be a good partner, students sit side by side so they can help each other. I liked that at the end of the lesson she makes her students pat themselves on the back for doing such a wonderful job. Ms. Coufal creates an environment that makes school a lot of fun, she is a teacher that puts in a lot of patience and effort in her students.