Cold reading

Reading hasn’t always been an enjoyable pastime for me. My experiences with reading have had their ups and downs, but in the end reading has made my education hurdles a bit smaller. Beginning at an early age, my mom would read stories to me every night before bed. One of my favorites was My First Bible Stories, which was a book with my short Bible stories. Goldilocks and the Three Bears was another one of my favorite childhood books that my Mawmaw used to read to me whenever I would spend…

adventurous life. The early life of Jack London played a huge role in his writing. Jack, through rough times, found reading as a way to get through the tough times. 1. Jack’s reading led him to becoming a reader that studied and focused on the text. He wanted to understand what he was reading, not just having fun while reading. He wrote, [I] was an omnivorous reader, principally because reading matter was scarce and I had to be grateful for whatever fell into my hands” (Berkove 25). 2.…

When I administered the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5, I chose to work with (REAL NAME REMOVED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PURPOSES) Izzy, a 5th grader at _______________________________________. Izzy is 11 years old and lives in an apartment in ________________with her mother ____________, her father ____________, and her 3 siblings. Izzy shares a close relationship with all of her family members. She enjoys going to local parks with them in the summer, and especially loves having dinner with her…

Imagine that some people were reading the Declaration of Independence, and they don’t know the first thing about cursive. They need to know how to read cursive to understand the Declaration of Independence, and they need to know how to write cursive to take notes from the Declaration of Independence. In my opinion, cursive should still be taught in schools today. First, cursive writing should still be taught because of your signature. Next, cursive writing should still be taught because cursive…

Tempe Elementary’s District Leadership Team reviewed the four essays , and voted on their favorite. The lucky winner was April Valerio , from Wood Elementary School. Barnes and Noble donated aA total of 1,414 books to the participants and winner’s school.were donated by Barnes and Noble. Each participant received one book for entering, finalists receivedgot three books each, the winner receivedgot five books, and the rest went to the library at Wood Elementary. In her winning essay, Valerio…

probably never even knew there were words. Looking at the pictures makes my little sister want to color. Watching her color makes me think, is this our first sign of writing? I honestly think that coloring is the first sign of writing and maybe even reading. Whenever I am coloring with my little sister I write her same. I don't think she understands yet that it says “Sophie”, but soon enough she…

: Learning through Music The Franklinton Center has taken a different approach regarding Literacy, in a nation that prides itself in its commitment to equal access to education; hundreds of thousands of children are still not achieving the reading standard that is appropriate to their particular grade level. The United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries, and the Franklinton Center at Bricks are working with community partners on an aggressive literacy project to address the…

with children between 7 and 8 years old, therefore 3rd grade students could read it. Reading is used to learn new ideas in order to gain new knowledge and vocabulary, new experience, and to explore comprehend different perspectives. Readers at early stages start to read longer and a little bit more complex text, with more words and the images lost the importance that these have in picture books. Students are reading for a meaning, so they…

Lanza played a CD that read the story aloud to the students. This helped students with their understanding by both revisiting the story again and hearing it in addition to reading along. The quiz was also made to be “open book.” Teaching Methods: In this lesson, Mrs. Lanza utilized the discussion teaching method. The discussion teaching method was used during the review of “My Furthest Back-Person,” when there was a group…

Children Websites: While exploring all three websites, I found the website Shakespeare for Kids on the Great website for Kids website. It struck me at first because while I was doing my field experience, the school librarian had a lesson on Shakespeare with one of the English classes. When the school librarian set up the lesson, the children had to find the answers to certain questions in the reference books she provided. In my opinion, the school librarian and the English teachers should have…