Chapter 6a

        This chapter was an overview of things I've already learned about in my education classes, but the chapter goes more in depth and gives me more details. There are new things about an instructional unit I never really thought much about. Many things in the section of the reading starts getting me to think about new ideas of teaching. For example, I never knew the difference of developmental activities or culminating activities. The topic of indirect and direct modes can have different effects on students.
        Another topic I have grown up knowing is about the different learning styles. My teachers have continuously made me take learning style tests and questionnaires. I never knew much about middle school students and how they learn. I just remember little bits and pieces of how I was taught through my years. When I become a teacher, I want to be able to accommodate most if not all my students in the different ways they learn. I know that it is hard to teach to everyone for their learning style, but that is why it is so important to switch up teaching strategies and teach differently for different subjects or topics. In the book it states middle school students learn better by hands on activities and I want to really incorporate those types of teaching strategies. Along with other teaching strategies so my students are well rounded.