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Patrick Daley
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Professional History
Personal History
Last Year's Class
Swimming Lessons
I graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Elementary Education. I long-term subbed in a fifth grade classroom for half a year, and then was hired full time at a charter school in Lansing. I taught all subjects, including art, gym, and music. I taught fifth grade there for five years. I currently teach fifth grade in Holt. Holt is the second largest district in the area, behind the Lansing School District. I now teach only two subjects - language arts and social studies. This will be my second year teaching here.
Hi! I grew up in Haslett, a small town just outside of Lansing. My mother is a 3rd grade teacher and my father is a retired police officer. I have a younger brother who has a daughter going into third grade. I live down the street from my grandmother, and spend a lot of time taking care of her. I played hockey my entire life. I also have a dog I adopted from the humane society named Dexter. After high school, I coached varsity hockey for ten years. I currently live in Lansing. My favorite activities are reading, running, traveling, gardening, and teaching.
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Literacy Related Challenges
Challenges
First and foremost, I am a literacy teacher. My classroom has over two thousand books in it, and I focus heavily on authentic reading and active reading strategies. I find that as soon as I conquer one challenge, two more arise. This is my third class in the last year, all focusing on helping struggling readers. Here are some of the biggest challenges I face:
What I Hope to Learn in This Class
Hugely varied ability levels
Lack of any curriculum
Limited or shared resources
Limited time (85 minute block for all literacy)
My Experience With Struggling Readers and Writers
Academically
I am hoping to learn skills and strategies to help struggling readers and writers. I am also hoping to find and master some research-based interventions to help struggling readers and writers. I want to see how my current classroom practices can have new researched-based skills added to them to be more efficient for struggling readers and writers. I am really hoping to find practices the will help my students reach their ultimate potential.
I have taught fifth grade for six years. During that time, I have taught many struggling readers. Last year, I had five students in fifth grade who were reading below a second grade level. This year, I have two students who do not speak any English (and, unfortunately, they speak different languages.) Last year I had nine different languages spoken by students in my class. I will also have four students who recently finished phonics programs.