Cold reading

When asked what literacy was at the beginning of the semester, I thought it was simply teaching a child to read. Easy, right? I did not realize all that was involved in literacy. Literacy includes reading, writing, vocabulary, fluency, and phonemic awareness. There are also a number of assessments and observations that fall under literacy, all of which are extremely important to effectively teaching literacy to young children. I learned a lot about the different types of assessments this…

Literacy has shaped and evolved my life in many different ways over the course of time. In the begging of my journey I only consumed books and didn 't feel adequate enough to try my hand at writing. As the years went on and I experienced an array of different situations I turned to journaling to help me coop with my life. The informal style of journaling made me feel comfortable to start writing stories and other pieces. This and my love of photography eventually lead me to submit an…

that was very rewarding in the end. Never in my life had I ever enjoyed or appreciated reading and writing. Little did I know this would be the year that would change everything. A few weeks into the school year Mr. Butterfield informed us that we would be starting to learn Shakespeare. Our class would be working specifically on the tragedy titled “MacBeth”. We immediately began to grown at the idea of reading page after page of words we absolutely couldn’t comprehend. To our relief, he…

If someone asks you what literacy is, you would probably answer it by saying: reading, writing, and some form of communication. Instead, think about it this way, what does literacy mean to you. As people introduced to the concept of literacy, it becomes obvious that literacy has expanded beyond the ability to read and write. We are living in a world where literacy has developed into more insight than the average definition. Society has proven repeatedly, it will reward those people who can…

(Flint, 2008, p. 5) Despite that my childhood story isn 't reflective of real reading, it demonstrates how social interaction impacts learning. I believe other children can benefit from learning from one another, as I benefited from another child. Yes, it’s great to send the struggling readers to the specialist, but how about pairing…

I am the daughter of a kindergarten teacher therefore, I have always had the urge to learn. My interest in reading began when I was a young girl. Through my early years, I watched my mother study day and night as she worked towards her degree. I instantly learned that in order to achieve anything in life one must read. Reading is a vital step in opening the mind up to new material and new possibilities. My mother also had the opportunity to work first hand with a massive amount of books in…

sense that going to school was a significant part of their development. Parents and schoolteachers, helped shape the reader and writer into the individual they are becoming while the students had to take the initiative of learning some on their own. Reading and writing were brought to me various different forms, through parents, teachers, journaling on my own, my sister and peers. One of the biggest influences on my ability to read and write was my parents.…

The various teachers and professors who have taught me have really played a big role in ensuring that I have become as literate as they could possibly prepare me. My parents and siblings have always been a big part of this journey, especially in reading. They have supported me by encouraging me to read as many books as possible. Honestly, growing up in a family of avid readers and a few writers put a lot of pressure on me since I was young We have cultivated the culture of book marathons whereby…

courses. All these rules about syntax and grammar held me back and gave me trouble so much that other people might say that I am not as highly literate as I think I am. But reading never disappointed me such that if you told the 5-year-old girl that couldn’t say three that your mind will mind will be blown away from just reading, she wouldn’t be surprised at…

After reviewing the reading rockets website, I found that the 5 components of beginning English reading are phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, including oral reading skills and reading comprehension strategies. Beth Antunez, author of English Language Learners and the Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction, says using these 5 components teachers can really reach their students who struggle with English reading development. The first component of the…