During this past week I worked with David, a freshman in high school. David has a positive attitude about reading, but doesn’t always read for pleasure. When he does read, it’s usually for his school assignments or during the summer. David said he is currently reading the Odyssey in school, but he is having a very difficult time understanding it. He expressed that he likes to read science fiction short stories or horror books so I decided to start with something that he might be a bit more comfortable with. I provided David with the short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury and I asked him to read the story to me aloud. As he was reading I observed that he was reading very slowly, he couldn’t easily and quickly recognize multi-syllable words, and at times he had trouble recalling information from the text. Based on his reading behaviors I identified the techniques I will use to help David improve as a reader using When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers.
When I first gave David the story to read, he began to silently skim the page. Once he …show more content…
Beers defines reading automaticity as “a reader’s ability to recognize words without conscious decoding” (205). To help improve a reader’s fluency and automaticity, Beers suggests giving students various ways of hearing the text (215). To help with David’s pace while reading beers recommends determining his silent and oral reading rate. (209). In my next meeting with David, I measure what his reading rate is and I also plan on finding a more challenging text with multi syllable words and reading it aloud to him as he follows along so he will be familiar with the pronunciation of the words. I will then ask him to read aloud the same passage to be and identify if he has made any progress with reading automaticity. Afterwards, I’ll ask him comprehension questions about the passage to detect if he understood what he
When I first gave David the story to read, he began to silently skim the page. Once he …show more content…
Beers defines reading automaticity as “a reader’s ability to recognize words without conscious decoding” (205). To help improve a reader’s fluency and automaticity, Beers suggests giving students various ways of hearing the text (215). To help with David’s pace while reading beers recommends determining his silent and oral reading rate. (209). In my next meeting with David, I measure what his reading rate is and I also plan on finding a more challenging text with multi syllable words and reading it aloud to him as he follows along so he will be familiar with the pronunciation of the words. I will then ask him to read aloud the same passage to be and identify if he has made any progress with reading automaticity. Afterwards, I’ll ask him comprehension questions about the passage to detect if he understood what he