Dyslexia

Specific language impairment is a condition which makes code switching in language acquisition tremendously difficult for children. These children already display incomplete grammatical abilities in relation to older age groups with typical language. These difficulties are typically shown when interchanging their two languages which, is known as code switching, and is done within sentences. For children with both specific language impairment and bilingualism, their linguistic abilities may…

My Literacy History A cool morning, the lay of the land bursting with colors. Red and orange, leaves covering the ground, the sound of a crunchy leaf beneath my feet. Autumn my favorite time of the year, right before the bitter cold comes that makes you want to curl up in a blanket with a cup of coffee and read a book. That is what most people think about when they want to read a book, they want to have a Hallmark movie moment, but that is not what it’s like for me. Most people read because…

Student J Reading Intervention Plan Student Information: Student J is a seven-year-old Caucasian male English-speaking student in the second grade. At the end of first grade, Student J was recommended by his parents for assessment for special education. The assessments done revealed that Student J has a specific learning disability in reading that is affecting his phonemic awareness and phonics milestones. Currently, Student J is behind grade level in phonics, and fluency as demonstrated by the…

The first mask I wore had a hole in each eye the size of a dime. I started with this one because I thought I would be able to work on an assignment because I still had half the use of both my eyes, but it was still difficult. The assignment I was working on involved reading a book and then typing out answers to questions that were found from the reading. This was difficult because I had to constantly be looking back and forth between the book and my computer but I did not have full use of my…

Without sounding terribly cliché I honestly have to say that this book found me, rather than me finding it. I was having difficult time picking the right book. As I’m sure many of you are aware, a title on a list isn’t really much to go off of. One day I found myself in the library after school reading Catch-22. The book is probably good in its own right, but I might have been crushed under the weight of its 453 pages. Then, Mrs. Maynard the librarian taps me on the shoulder and hands me a…

1. You are a first grade teacher. Explain the guidelines you will follow in working with the speech-language pathologist and other related support staff at your school. • During all levels of early childhood education, it is important that a classroom teacher work with other specialists and children’s parents in a team approach to address the needs of children with communicative disorders. As a teacher, I would take different approaches in order to help these students. Sometimes children who…

Introduction: Today’s classroom is filled with an array students whom each have individual strengths and limits. It is our responsibility as teachers to not only identify and celebrate their strengths, but to determine their areas of limitation so that we can aid in building up these areas. In the following case, Joe is a 2nd grader who attends a Title 1 tutor class while attending an elementary magnet school. As the tutor class begins while Joe’s reading class is still in session his teacher…

Extended Assessment 2 (EA 2) EA 2: The Early Years Educator supports children's learning, development and school readiness. D1 Emergent literacy appears before children know how to read and write words. A child’s knowledge of literacy, for example reading and writing is called emergent literacy. Emergent literacy skills can include; understanding stories, phonic knowledge, increasing vocabulary and increasing knowledge of letters and words. Development within literacy is emerging from a child’s…

Typically when we hear the word conversation we think of two people talking to each other, normally exchanging ideas from their point of view. Kenneth Burke uses this design to write a cleverly worded metaphor that describes how academic reading and writing can be like a conversation. For many years, schools have taught students how to properly read and write along with many skills and techniques to properly express and support their opinions. Reading and writing in a metaphoric way can be seen…

“Everyone is a reader… Some just haven’t found their favorite book yet.” I remember how I used to like playing with my electric car or bike and especially caring about collecting the hot wheels cars collection. Like any child at this age, all he cares about is jumping around on sofas, running through doors and breaking stuff and walking on it. But here comes the dream breakers who are our literacy sponsors. They want what’s best for us which are the best education that could start by reading; I…