Week 2 Reflection (Action Research)

This has been an extremely busy week.  I am currently teaching summer school for 5th grade students who did not pass their second administration for STAAR.  I have felt a little rushed on my readings for this week, but also feel that the infomation from this week was beneficial.  I feel like all teachers do some type of inquiry within the classroom naturally.  Action research is just taking those inquiries a little further.  Reading Chapter 2 "The Passions That Drive Your Journey" really streached my thinking about just how many areas your can use the action research process to benefit the students and the school environment in general.  Even though I feel like I have used these strategies numerous times since I started teaching, I am nervous about doing an official action research project.  I am happy with the area that I choose to research because it means so much to me and I think that may make it easier for me to follow through on.