Lip reading

What was the research question? Would adding sign language graphics to the books being used for reading instruction in a first-grade classroom promote the literacy development of DHH students? 4. What were the sources of the data collected? Who were the participants? What was the sample? What sites for research data collection were used? What documents…

a visual that would lead to a possible outcome of the text. She notices the first letter of each word and sequences the others to predict an outcome. Her self-corrections are based on memory, and her comprehension is evident. Her slow, deliberate reading appears to increase fluency and together with the visual and written text; the student was able to…

English Language Arts. The teacher candidate observed a “Literacy Block” every week in her classroom. The class is reading “Woods Runner” by Gary Paulsen. The majority of the time, the teacher will read aloud to the students as they follow along in their own books at their desks. Jim Trelease says, “Reading aloud to children helps them develop and improve literacy skills -- reading, writing, speaking, and listening. And since children listen on a higher level than they read, listening to other…

hand-held devices facilitated an improvement in reading speed and comprehension in many of the students.” (Choski) Some may say that e-readers don’t provide the same feeling as a book and that’s why some students don’t get the same retention of it, but in this case, it helps a lot of students that suffer from Dyslexia. The authors of this study speculate that, “the shorter lines and less crowded text small e-readers helps reduce word fixation and reading regression.” (Choski)The studies showed…

Half-Priced Books The children’s and young adult’s section at half priced books is not everything that one would expect it to be. Both sections were at the back of the store stuffed into a small corner area which made each section feel very small. There were also more parents in these sections than children, but my description of these areas may explain why this is so. Overall, I felt that these sections were more laid out for adults to buy books for their children than for children to come…

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…