Throughout the coursework in my Master’s program, I 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 learning more about the complexity of the reading process and the various strategies that must be employed during reading, I appreciated how many students learn to read so quickly without difficulty. Yet
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Accordingly, having the students understand their reading through lessons in comprehension is a vital component of my curriculum. Additionally, I would like to label various aspects of the classroom, such as the door and the windows, to show that reading has use in everyday activities. Pointing out the ubiquity of letters and words in the world around them proves to children just how essential it is to learn to read.
Lessons and Activities
It is vital that students realize the purpose of learning, and when teachers teach through assessment and drill, the students cannot find the meaning or application of their learning. Strickland (2005) explained, “Children do need to learn by reading, but what teachers need to do is support them as they read, so they can learn what real readers do. This isn’t done through skills and drills, phonics worksheets, or sequencing activities. It’s done through books and talk and listening and thinking” (p. 2).
Comprehension lessons and activities. Lessons in comprehension and reading strategies are essential before, during, and after reading. Almasi and Fullerton (2012) asserted that strategy instruction must occur “in every lesson every day” (p. 303) in order for students to become proficient strategic readers and
Accordingly, having the students understand their reading through lessons in comprehension is a vital component of my curriculum. Additionally, I would like to label various aspects of the classroom, such as the door and the windows, to show that reading has use in everyday activities. Pointing out the ubiquity of letters and words in the world around them proves to children just how essential it is to learn to read.
Lessons and Activities
It is vital that students realize the purpose of learning, and when teachers teach through assessment and drill, the students cannot find the meaning or application of their learning. Strickland (2005) explained, “Children do need to learn by reading, but what teachers need to do is support them as they read, so they can learn what real readers do. This isn’t done through skills and drills, phonics worksheets, or sequencing activities. It’s done through books and talk and listening and thinking” (p. 2).
Comprehension lessons and activities. Lessons in comprehension and reading strategies are essential before, during, and after reading. Almasi and Fullerton (2012) asserted that strategy instruction must occur “in every lesson every day” (p. 303) in order for students to become proficient strategic readers and