Dyslexia

I have always loved reading and helping kids, and because of my volunteer experiences, I have been able to do this while having a positive impact. For the past three summers, I have worked at the public library doing both the STAR volunteer program and the Book Buddies program as well as serving on the Teen Advisory Board. Beyond those experiences, I have gone to Feed My Starving Children twice and served in the philanthropy club at my middle school. Because of my volunteer efforts, I won the…

Mia is a fun-loving six-year-old girl and is in kindergarten. During my literacy observation with her, we read Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones by Janis Asad Raabe and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones is an assigned phonics reader which will improve her consonant vowel consonant words and sight word memorization. While reading, Mr. Jones and Mr. Bones, Mia became frustrated with the unfamiliar words such as “bites, dines, ties, etc.” She was focused on finishing the book…

Derry Koralek is presently the editor of the NAEYC of young children, with 15 years of experience in creating and presenting training for early childhood education staff. She is the author of the article “Reading Aloud with Children of All Ages”. In her article, she illustrates the importance of reading aloud to and with children of various age groups. Furthermore, she explains the benefits of doing so for example, it teaches children the value of books and reading, motivates children as…

Reading: In the fall of 2015, Alante was given an AGS formal reading assessment used to identify the grade level of reading. Alante scored a 12 out of 20 on the sentence comprehension and 11 out of 20 on the vocabulary. His total score on this assessment was a 23/40 placing him in the 5.4 Instructional Reading Level (The level at which a reader can read text with 90% accuracy (i.e., no more than one error per 10 words read). Instructional reading level engages the student in challenging, but…

As educators, we understand the value of reading aloud. It provides students with opportunities to increase their own fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. However, for some students it’s a terrifying event. Flash back to my third grade reading group. I was sitting next to my teacher. She had called on me to read aloud to the group. I began reading, but just I started several students (not in our group) were causing problems in the class. I continued to read and finished my passage.…

I have decided to produce an E-book from Storybird and believe this will be helpful to teach my students about becoming digital citizens and explore the use of technology for the creation of educational materials. Storybird is an E-book creation program with interesting graphics, allowing users to easily create story books. Maple Tree Home School believes that this is important to our young students shaping their perceptions of books and reading. Younger students will be highly motivated to…

As I continue my passion of interviewing those involved in the entertainment industry, sometimes I happen upon people in most unusual ways. I happened to put in a request to interview an actor (Karl E. Landler--his interview will happen later), and this charming gentleman included Marem Hassler as part of that request. I was quite unfamiliar with her and her fantastic work, but as I have continued to interact with her and discover her impressive list of credits, she happily agreed to answer some…

It was a snowy Wednesday night in the middle of December when I was wandering downtown after a short guitar lesson. To avoid the cold wind, I stumbled into an old, small bookstore where most of the books they sold were used. Being an eighth grader who did not like to read, I leaned against the wall by the door waiting for my mom to pick me up. The owner of the bookstore addressed me asking if I needed any help looking for a book. I politely declined and told him I wasn’t much of a reader. The…

CBM Data Probes Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) 6th Edition can be used to collect Curriculum Based Measurements (CBM). DIBELS are a list of procedures and measures for assessing of achievements of early literacy skills from kindergarten through sixth grade. It can be used to identify children who are at risk for reading difficulties and provide information to educators for target interventions to core components or early literacy. DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (DORF)…

Siva Senthil 3rd hour Essay #1 Everything You Need To Go Through Metamorphosis Reading, this word always petrified me all throughout my life. When I read any book I never concentrated to the flow of the book and my mind always wandered in various directions. Completing a book was so rare for me it's like finding a unicorn on my morning jog. When I have to read books for grade for once I read, but from sparknotes. This shows my experience, level and my abomination for reading. I was shocked…