A. The CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook is a wonderful reference for teachers to help improve students improve attain success in reading. One thing that resonated with me throughout the chapters is the presentation of the book and how it can be applied to the classroom. The chapters outline important reading concepts such as decoding, multisyllabic and irregular word reading. The lessons are presented in such a way that it takes a key idea and brings it to life in the classroom. These lessons…
Dialogic reading is a technique used to encourage adult readers to prompt children during shared-reading time. According to Blom-Hoffman, O 'Neil-Pirozzi, Volpe, Cutting, & Bissinger (2006), having the child be the storyteller and the adult the facilitator to the child’s verbalizations is the main goal of dialogic reading. Prompting is a way to guide children into the direction of storytelling during shared-reading, while developing print knowledge and phonological awareness, all emergent…
phenomenal monolingual teachers, but do not know how to differentiate their teaching for ELL students. So, in hopes of finding strategies and techniques that can be implemented in my Bilingual and ELL classrooms, I selected Reading Strategies for my Literature Review topic. Reading the articles I found both validated the information and strategies I have been sharing with my teachers, as well as enlightened me with new and exciting ideas. The website uteach.utexas.edu states, “One…
the author of One More Really Big Reason to Read Stories to Children, argues that reading is essential since it helps children develop morally, emotionally, and socially. The development of these three aspects help children to become better human beings. I think that Peter Gray brings up excellent points in his article, but I believe that reading brings more to society and the real world. The three aspects of reading mentioned in his article-moral, emotional, and social development-are more…
Reading Memoir “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Said Dr. Seuss. Ever since I can remember, reading was a little fun for me. Reading is something required throughout life. For example, people read contracts. Contracts, recipes, and instructions. Career success requires reading. For example, a nurse scrutinize a patients chart daily. Over my life, the reading I have encountered has shaped my academic journey.…
Reading time When children have learnt to read, every family should have at least half an hour reading time in the evening where everybody in the home, including the adults, read for pleasure in order to promote a culture of reading in their children. The example set by the adults is very important. Show your children how much you love to read by reading in front of them often. This is just as important as homework or household tasks. Tips for using reading time effectively It is important to…
played a major role in my life. Learning how to read and write falls in everyday life. I feel like reading and writing is the best steps for me to gain knowledge about life, but at the same time it was hard for me because I had many obstacles standing in my way, and I still have obstacles in front of me. Even though, I have those obstacles in my way, I’m going to still climb over them. Even though, reading and writing is one of my greatest weaknesses I still try to do my best because I know it…
learn the more places you 'll go” (Goodreads INC, 2016). I had an opportunity to observe and interview two educators reading instruction. The first educator I observed and interviewed was Mrs. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas is a fifth grade teacher who has been teaching for over 15 years. She has taught fifth grade for nine. Mrs. Thomas thrives in assuring that her students excel in reading. Upon arrival, Mrs. Thomas lesson was focused on point of view. She introduced the standard, depth of knowledge, and…
Reading fluency has a large impact on the effect on school aged children and the overall development of reading. In the early years, fluency was often connected to the rate and accuracy of reading. Teachers set a timer and taught students how to read fast. Over the years, fluency has taken a deeper level of understanding and the importance of an effective reading literacy program. Students not only need to know how to read, but why reading is important. Reading fluency must critically connect…
learned many factors and considerations of reading. Most importantly, I learned that reading is so much more than simply decoding words. Reading requires the reader to use multiple strategies simultaneously in order to properly decode and comprehend. To an outsider, reading can seem to be a simple activity that most children learn from a young age. When I first began working with students who had difficulty reading, I was surprised by how many children found reading challenging. Yet after…