Cold reading

Phonics instruction is very important in developing language and reading abilities in children. When children are learning about phonics, they are learning that letters make sounds, these sounds can be blended together to form words, and identify spelling patterns in said words. Once all of this is learned they are able to decode words by breaking down the sounds of the word and slowly blending those sounds together and then saying the word. Over time they will be come familiar with words…

When I was a child I hated reading. All through my elementary years in school I was in “Title One” classes that were suppose to help kids that were slow at reading. I would have to leave class at certain times on certain days no matter what was going on in class. Around age nine i had convinced myself that I didn't need the extra class and tried to stop going altogether. I thought that just because I could read in my head that I was reading at a fourth grade reading level. This just resulted in…

Angevine Middle School in Lafayette. The school is very large. One side of the hallway is lockers and the other side is a window. The classroom my group has their activities is in the Special Education room. The room has big windows, Christmas lights, colorful pictures and other things that are visually appealing. The desks and chairs in this room are unlike a typical classroom. There are a variety of desks. Some students can stand at; others have elastic bands on the bottom where the students…

1. Mrs. Carroll decided that day to begin ISTEP preparation with the students, using an audio book on the computer and a booklet for the students to study. The text that all the students listened to was Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, a short classic story that I thought was excellent for seventh graders to easily follow along and prepare them for ISTEP. I was sitting next to another student who has an IEP and I was keeping an eye on her when Mrs. Carroll called me up to her desk. She…

http://rebrand.ly/hiphopinfolitblueprint Hip Hop Information Literacy Website The website was created to allow students to access the course during the semester on their own terms. It is an interactive resource that features news regarding hip-hop, literary reading lists, course lectures and lessons. View Online: www.hiphopinformationliteracy.wordpress.com Hip Hop LibGuide The libguide has been developed to engage novice, intermediate, and skilled learners that are interested in learning more…

Literacy personally, is not just the basic understanding of reading and writing. It is the ability to be knowledgeable in a subject or concept, and be able to understand it. It is being able to apply the things that you have learned into real life situations. It’s analyzing something and being able to interpret it into something more meaningful. It is more than just books and readings, but everyday things that people might encounter. The value that literacy holds is immense. It can be…

awareness, the alphabet principle, and concepts (DeBruin-Parecki, 2005).” This process consists of three separate forms that are to be completed by the assessor throughout several evaluation activities. The first form is completed during a collaborative reading session with the student; second form is to be filled in after the completion of each session conducted and the third form which is a summary of the second form is to be finalized after it is completely filled in. Once they are reviewed…

innovations of society; from lead pencils to type writers to (electronic) tablets. However, some seem to question what literacy might mean in this day and age. Futurist Alvin Toffler described literacy as being able to learn, relearn, and unlearn, not only reading and writing. His definition of illiteracy can be construed as being someone who only uses knowledge and their respective tools only as a means to an end. True “literacy”,…

trying to finish up her homework, hoping to be able to finish in time to watch her favorite T.V. show. I did not want to read; certainly, I did not want to read even more because my father was forcing me to read. My father always had this idea that reading would one day make you smarter and knowledgeable. I was only 10-years-old, so I thought this was bogus. I thought it was my father’s excuse for not letting me watch my show; in fact, he did not approve of me watching the show because he…

This abundance of book shifted from the early Middle Ages, when books were scarcer and readers focused on intensive reading. Because of the abundance of books during the 16th and 17th centuries, styles of selective reading and note taking developed to address the issue of too many books, too little time. This can be considered the shift when extensive reading versus intensive reading became popular and the school of scholasticism became widespread. The author points out that throughout history…