I really am enjoying my time I spend with my second graders. Me and Erika got a chance to do a small read aloud to the students and I believe it went well. I am really happy my teacher is giving us a chance to be more involved in the classroom.
One thing I find interesting about my case study student is that he only likes to talk about Minecraft: which is a video game. When he starts to talk about Minecraft, he won't stop. He will not focus on anything I ask him too. I talk to my instructor for Wednesday's class and ask her what I should do when it is all he talks about. She said to tell him he only gets three minutes of Minecraft talk during the time period we are together. She also said that I could have him read about Minecraft too me since it is something he is interested in. Having him write a letter to the creator or writing out tips is another idea she gave. I am going to try these ideas with him this Thursday and see if it works.
Rachelle, I think that your ideas to have your student incorporate Minecraft into more instructional based activities is great! Maybe once he gets used to doing things other than just talking about Minecraft you'll be able to shy him away from the topic and begin introducing different topics and concepts! Hopefully this all works...I know I would be completely lost if someone only talked to me about this game!
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