I have been reading ever since I could remember. I was read to when I was little as well. I do not recall learning to read, only that when my mother sat me down to start learning how to read, I already knew how. All throughout elementary school, I participated in the Accelerated Reader (also called AR) program. I loved it because you would read books, and then takes quizzes on those books.…
Other studies have shown that there can be a negative impact when the teacher or caregiver uses strategies that are less than ideal. It is not enough to just read with your child. How you interact with them as you read is important. Do they like you to read to them? What conversations do you have with your child as you read?…
Response to Allington Latrisha Easey Please answer ONLY four of the following questions regarding the Allington fluency article. 1. What does the study by Marsha Buly and Sheila Valencia (2002) tell us about putting too much stress simply on rate and accuracy?…
This strategy helps readers understand the improvement of Alexie’s reading abilities as he reads Superman comics. I can use this strategy to explain how my reading improved from the AR system. I could introduce by…
There is no one-size-fits-all curriculum that will fix all reading problems. However, there are different strategies and programs that focus on more specific reading difficulties. I believe that teachers need to be made aware of ways to assess students for specific difficulties and then strategies and instructional tools that can help students develop these specific missing skills. Once teachers have access to these tools, they can use Aimsweb to continually progress monitor their students in order to determine if the instruction is working or not. Aimsweb should definitely not be treated as an intervention itself, but as a way to assess the success of an intervention.…
Growing up as a child I totally despised books, I hated reading all together. I did not did not enjoy reading alone and I surely did not appreciate reading in class. It was not that I was incapable of reading, in fact I always scored exceptionally well on all reading segments of standardized tests, I just really did not see a requirement for it. Throughout my middle school years the english department required all students to read a specific number of books every month, so there was no chance to get of staying away from it. In the end I would be acquainted with Percy Jackson, and The Lighting Thief , a book series that would soon change how I felt about reading all together.…
Good Morning Kimber, Ayden has come in and we have discussed what he needs to do for both items. Grammar Notebook Check#1: Their are pictures on his cell phone that shows what he needs to do in order to complete his grammar notebook. I also told him, that he can come to my room whenever to work on it as well.…
This issue is critical for a topic like reading, as throughout elementary school and beyond reading is one of the most important modes of communication in western society. To essentially force the adoption of a relatively complicated skill could have consequences that affect the rest of the child’s education (Gray, n. pag). For those receiving alternative education, independent reading isn’t always necessary for continuing their education. Unfortunately, the way most public and private schools function, it isn’t feasible to have all children learn to read at their own pace.…
What is Integrity? The definition of integrity according to dictionary.com is,”having honesty and moral principles. ” If you were to be a person of integrity you would be always truthful and have actual moral values. Others may be better at it, but there are still mistakes. You are still human.…
In this study, students at jeopardy for reading difficulties were assigned to control groups. Students received reading intervention daily for 50 minutes in small groups from October to April. Students in the comparison condition received the school's existing instructional program for struggling readers. The effects showed that more students who contributed in the intervention in either Spanish or English met the RTI standards than students who did not. Reschly, D. (2014, March 1).…
I like how she chooses to incorporate hermit crabs while also implementing reading and writing. It's fun for the kids, and actually having a hermit crab in front of them is allowing them to make more connections with what they are reading and writing about. In a way, this is helping students learn to write more informational text. I enjoy Ms. Williams's centers, and I genuinely believe they are meaningful, but those seem like a lot to get through every day. Are they not all done each day or are they rotated?…
In my essay, I will discuss the changes I have made over the past few years and also what it would be like to not be able to read, and the effect it would have on us. Starting from fourth grade leading on to eleventh grade now. When I first started off as a reader, I struggled very much, I was not a very fluent reader, I could not read out loud, and I stuttered very much. My parents and my teacher recommended a class, that would help with the problems I had with reading. Starting in the fourth grade, I would go to a class for an hour that would help with my speech and of course the problems I had with reading.…
People everywhere throughout the world have wondered why is reading important. There are numerous benefits that comes from reading. Its a vital fundamental to function in todays society. We discover new things by reading. Without that essential day to day activities will become a source of frustration.…
Learning to read is a skill many can obtain quickly or not so well. Myself, on the other hand was one of the many children who struggled with not only the thought of reading, but the actual process of reading not only a book, but sentences, word and sounding out words. Struggling through elementary with reading problems and on and off again help made it seem even worse. Going into kindergarten was intimidating, with all the bright colored posters with words even I couldn’t read. Having to be assigned seats next to strangers who soon would become my closest friends.…
Students that read at least 20 minutes per day at a retention rate of 85% continues to grow over the summer. One thing that we could do is have Accelerated Reader activities for low socioeconomic students over the summer. These programs will allow the summer loss that is typically seen for this group to be less each and every year. Such a program should have a positive effect on the literacy…