Orthography

Wechsler Individual Achievement Written Expression assessments were administered to assess Ania's written language skills. Written language skills, as measured by this assessment, appear to indicate that her skills fall below peer expectancy. The Spelling subtest assesses the ability to write dictated letters, letter combinations and words. The Sentence Composition subtest contains two components, Sentence Combining and Sentence Building. Both portions measure sentence formulation skills and…

Henderson, O. (n.d.). I Can Hop. Reading A-Z. Being able to decode is pivotal, especially when it comes to teaching students how to read. Decoding is when children have the ability to apply his or her knowledge of graphemes (letters) and phonemes (sounds) to pronounce print correctly (“Word Decoding and Phonics,” n.d.). Nevertheless, having child understand the relationship between graphemes and phonemes allow him or her to identify acquainted words quickly, as well as learn new words (“Word…

Writing Is a Struggle “It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you. If you allow it.” -Leon Brown. This defines the struggle I have with being able to put my thoughts and ideas onto paper. My thoughts and ideas are many, I have so much going on in my brain at one time. I find it challenging to take my opinion or direction and accurately communicate it on paper. I must write first thing in the morning, have complete silence, and need an outline to keep me…

Joseph Brodsky said, “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” A lot of people have an apathy for reading. When you read you gain so much knowledge without even realizing it. Reading laconic books from when you were in kindergarten like, “Goodnight Moon,” taught you how to appreciate everything around you. Reading notification or fiction you could still learn something. The things that you know now, are things that you learned when you were younger. Do you…

Reading Memoir “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Said Dr. Seuss. Ever since I can remember, reading was a little fun for me. Reading is something required throughout life. For example, people read contracts. Contracts, recipes, and instructions. Career success requires reading. For example, a nurse scrutinize a patients chart daily. Over my life, the reading I have encountered has shaped my academic journey.…

The keys rattled, resonating a jingle of my apprehension. With shaking fingers, I desperately connected the cold, metal key to the lock on the mailbox and opened it eagerly. The letter that I had been fervently waiting for sat in the middle of a lofty pile glaring at me. With a deep and unsteady breath, I tore it open. My excitement vanished abruptly and was replaced with distress. I could not believe I had failed; I could not comprehend that I was rejected from the Math and Science Academy.…

To begin with, developmental cognitive neuroscience is defined as an interdisciplinary scientific sector devoted to comprehending psychological processes as well as their neurological bases in the developing organism. The idea of cognitive neuroscience helps individuals to understand the experiences of childhood integrated into the structures of the developing brain as well as how the brain changes influence behavior (Gazzaniga, 2004). It is evident that this is one of the fields motivating…

A Legacy in Fairy Tales Many scientists believe in the long term value of talking to your children as they develop. Children who are read to develop language and reading skills much faster than their peers, and every mother of a restless child knows that the best way to get a child to be agreeable at bedtime is with a story. I’d like to explore how family stories and fairy tale traditions shape each following generation. For me, my mother raised me on books. When I was very young, I was…

Commitment to Reflective Practice: In Word their Way it stated that students placed in the Emergent Late group should receive a zero on the spelling inventory. When grouping the student’s I wanted to make sure that each student had a firm grasp of understanding and that there was no holes in the student’s understanding. Spelling is an important tool that student use and as a teacher, I do not want my students to have a weak understanding of phonemes. Frustration can cause a lot of students to…

Summary: Isaiah is an 8 year old boy, who is currently in the third grade at Sunkist Elementary school. He is receiving intensive small group support daily through the school’s reading specialist for 45 minutes. Isaiah struggles with limited reading strategies and lacks sight and high frequency words knowledge. His initial reading assessment revealed that he only uses visual miscues and lacks monitoring for self-corrections. Throughout the sessions, Isaiah has been introduced to multiple…