Cold reading

outperform boys on standardized test, the amount of reading done relates directly to reading achievement, and the kind of reading in school can cause boys to read less are three issues that need to be addressed. Knowing this, a study was conducted in an elementary school with thirty-five boys from four fifth grade classes in a north central North Carolina to find out what boys really want. Each of the students completed an open-ended interview about reading with questions that asked things such…

Reading Comprehension: According to assessment data, teacher observations and reporting, Chris strengths in reading is his fluency, decoding, capabilities of identifying main event from a “short” narrative text, can answers most “wh” questions about narrative text at grade-level. Chris's poor reading comprehension skills have caused him to struggle with classroom assignments. He doesn’t stay on task when reading is required in the classroom especial with lengthy passages/text at grade level or…

books I have read for my various English classes, I read a lot of comic books. My Mom actually gives me a hard time about the fact that I do not read novels as much anymore, as she does not consider the comics I read “true” reading material. This has not stopped me from reading and collecting over a thousand issues of various comic book series. Overall my primary source of comic book material is Spider-Man (of which I have read over 600 issues), but I have a lot of Batman and Superman as well.…

Recently, while reading, I started to think about how reading absorbs me and gives me a way to transport myself into another world. It’s amazing. I am sure many of you can relate when I would tell you that some books you just can’t put down. You literally read them until your eyes droop and you want to pick them up again, first thing in the morning. Reading a good book is like diving into a mesmerizing sea of words, filled with thoughts, emotions and feelings that just leave you in awe. While…

had yet to grasp, and doing things that I wasn't able to do. I longed to be able to be as grown up as the rest of my family. I felt the need to be closer to them and to be able to connect with them the way they seemed to connect with each other. Reading was how I hoped to do that. Everyone in my family was a reader except for my dad. My sisters loved to read whatever books were popular among teens during that time, usually involving some kind of romance or fantasy world. My mom would read…

The close reading lesson was beneficial for my intermediate literacy reader and writer as her met cognitional awareness of gathering information and organizing facts for reasoning was assisted by note taking, highlighting key details, and finding vocabulary meaning…

educator, my interest in literature has grown exponentially. However, in my country, reading is not really that valued by people, leaving leisure time to be occupied by television or the internet. Schools have been trying to fix this situation by implementing various programs in language class to reinforce reading; writing and reading comprehension, but these projects were proven less fruitful than predicted. Reading has lost his appeal; by pursuing this MA I would be capable of exploring the…

When I was a little girl, my most prized possession was a pair of Lizzie McGuire sandals. I wore them everywhere – even throughout a whole camping trip, where they became extremely muddy but I loved those shoes all the same. Sometimes, I wish I could return to the careless seven year-old who didn’t have to worry about a grade point average or how to make it through a music rehearsal when there are more important things to do at home. Time is a frightening thing, years can pass by in the blink of…

book carefully. Some things to keep in mind while choosing a book were, is the problem in the book solved realistically, will the class be able to discuss the reading, is the author positive or negative when describing some characters, and is the book eye-catching. Read-alouds about tender topics should be applied to their everyday readings at school to help them understand better what they could face in real life. The article gives a couple of examples of books that could be used in class to…

“My mother taught me to read when I was four, and the letters in the words that I saw had specific colors. She used black and white flash cards so I don't know where the color came from.” (“Synesthesia Interview”). This is a common scenario for a Synesthetic. Tasting colors, seeing colors from certain sounds, and other examples of types of Synesthesia may just seem ludicrous to the average person, but this condition seems normal to Synesthetic and often is not identified until adulthood!…