Fluency

In the article, “Flexible Grouping during Literacy Centers: A Model for Differentiating Instruction,” (2013) it discusses how a teacher or teachers use centers for teaching/learning purposes to help differentiate instruction in a classroom. The article proves this is very effective when trying to appeal to all students and help the teacher get small group time with the children. Because “children are often at different points on the continuum of literacy development,” (Bates, 2013, p. 30)…

continue to retain information from stories and other readings. As the length process of developing reading and writing skills began in kindergarten, honing those skills and directing them to a specific profession encourages fluency of these skills. Eventually, this fluency leads individuals to become masters of their specified fields, representing the importance of reading and writing. The National Association for the Education of Young Children claims that children even begin to learn the…

Media and technology are huge part of billions of people’s lives. Through technology, media is the primary tool for information for the majority of the world. This tool is very powerful and complex and people have a range of positive, neutral and negative opinions about it. This essay will discuss the effects of media, first by examining how media presents information to society, secondly the negative effects media and technology has on society and thirdly the way in which we can solve these…

Unit Overview To begin, this unit will be planned for an inclusion Social Studies class, in a middle school seventh grade class. Students will be between the ages of eleven to fourteen. Children in this class have disabilities that range from emotional disturbances, Attention Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, and dyslexia. Students in have a variety of learning needs. As for reading levels most of the class is below grade level. One student is deemed illiterate, and half of the class is more than…

Minilesson One: Phonological Awareness Natalie Marchetti Georgia Gwinnett College Dr. Jennifer Greene READ 3200 Approaches to Reading Instruction September 24, 2017 Minilesson One: Phonological Awareness Introduction: The purpose of this phonological awareness minilesson is to develop students’ abilities to distinguish between spoken words containing / æ / sounds and words containing the / ɛ / sound. Phonological Awareness is defined as knowledge about the sound structure of…

of on various cognitive tasks. Some studies suggest that previous exposure to classical music (Vivaldy’s “Spring Concerto” and Mozart’ “Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K448”) can temporarily enhance cognitive performance: digit span and phonemic fluency (Mammarella, Fairfield, & Cornoldi, 2007), and spatial abilities (Rauscher, Show, & Ky 1995; Thompson, Schellenburg, & Husain, 2001). Two hypotheses that might serve to explain these phenomena are the Mozart effect, and the arousal-mood…

(2000) assessing rapid naming would help the speech and language pathologist (SLP) understand the apparatuses which the mind uses for “fluency in language production”. They also continue stating that failure in this task or not mentioning enough words from the different categories in the stipulated time would imply that the child has problems with his speech fluency or that it is automatically caused as he has problems with naming. Difficulties with naming tasks and other tasks which involve…

Managing a multicultural team Introduction: A multicultural team can be explained as a team of people from different cultural backgrounds working together especially in an organisation to achieve a common objective. This team of people mark the most valuable resources to any organisation so it is important to manage these human resources accordingly. Managing a multicultural team is one of the most challenging responsibilities for all managers or project leaders. In a multicultural team…

Reflective account of presentation I have chosen "Is protectionism desirable?" as my topic of presentation as I learnt Economics in the high school and I am very familiar with this topic. In my presentation, I talked about the pros and cons of protectionism and tried to convince the audience that protectionism can be desirable in the short term but harmful in the long term. As for preparation, I had referred to related topics in my previous Economics text book to make sure I do not…

Journal Article Summary #1: Nation, Paul. "Reading Faster", International Journal of English. 2009, Vol. 9, p. 131+. In Reading Faster, Nation describes an array of various processes non-native English speakers can practice to develop their reading fluency. He begins by introducing three common occurrences when reading: fixating on different words, eyes jumping to the next text to focus on or "saccades," and going back to reread something or "regressions." Though these occurrences are normal,…