Orthography

The first step in this student’s phonological development has to do with the teacher’s mentality, “Understanding the complexities of English orthography can help teachers take sensible approaches to teaching it…Teachers of writing are sometimes reluctant to correct students’ writing, students may not be receiving the kind of corrective feedback that will help them be better writers” (Fillmore &…

Orange, yellow, red, covered leaves in various shades floating gracefully with every step I took walking to my Grandmother’s house. I always enjoyed stepping foot into her home every time I opened the door I would be welcomed by a warm blanket of air that surrounded me in the rich aroma of freshly brewed coffee and baked sweets. Grandmother kept a tiny wooden bookshelf filled with various fairytale stories in the corner of her living room just for me. Since I could not yet read I would climb…

Back when I was a child I often visited the library with my mother. I remember my mother taking me to the library every Sunday for story time. One of the librarians that worked in there would read us books and then we were able to check out a book for the week. When I was younger I also had a library card that I kept in my purse. To this day my favorite book is "Brown bear Brown bear" by Bill Martin. I used to check it out all the time and even now! I bring books to work frequently and "Brown…

Chapter one summary talks about how children benefit from reading and apply it to different subjects whom they have acquired through variety of strategies in elementary. Teachers need to know the student and how the different methods may or may not work for them. From there whole comprises the child decoding and coding how that helps them with making mean with instruction. Next it starts comparing both research based reading instruction with culturally relevant instruction and gives examples of…

Introduction As a kindergarten classroom teacher, our daily interactions with children vary because of the different stages of cognitive development each child possesses. One of the difficulties that children face is reading comprehension. As reading is the foundation for all learning it is vital that comprehension is mastered. According to the research findings by “National Reading Panel” in 2000, which concluded that the “five pillars” of reading are core. They are phonemic awareness;…

Reading writing are my favorite things to do. To me, a good book is more fun than a night of partying. From "Hal and Me", once could also be said of Nicholas Carr, Scott Karp, Bruce Friedman, and many other bloggers. The difference is, technology hasn 't taken away my ability or my drive to read. The same can 't be said about the former mentioned party. I grew up with technology, and I use it as much as the next person, but I don 't believe it would ever diminish the time I spend with my face…

Within my 2nd grade English Language Arts classroom in Pittsburgh, PA, I teach my students to read using constructivist methods and with a whole-language approach. Teaching in a constructivist manner involves first and foremost assessing my students on individualized interests, ability levels, and learning styles before I can begin successfully differentiating reading instruction to meet students’ individualized needs. Within my teaching pedagogy for English Language Arts instruction, I focus on…

“Writing” is such an empty word-- Spawning the future wisdom; unleashing my cerebral content; birthing the intellectual weapons for a future generation --are all better suited to the naming of this process. Writing is the creation of shareable ideas for all the world to read and assimilate and each and every one of us has the power to do it. Writing is an Art, as elaborate, as emotional, as personal, and as valuable as any painting or sculpture or building. Words form the bricks, the paint, and…

The debatable assessment Moreover, it is arguable whether Phonics Screening Check (PSC) is effective in measuring the outcomes of instructions and identifying the reading ability of children. In Rose Report (2007: 19), synthetic phonics is praised as ‘the best route to becoming skilled readers’. Driven by its emphasis on phonics, it points out five essential skills for reading: ‘recognition of letters, the ability to sound out phonemes, the ability to hear and blend phonemes, the reading of…

I started reading in preschool because I was fond of the pictures and I really enjoyed listening to my teacher read out loud as we followed along in the book. In the first grade, my class would always begin by copying the notes written on the chalkboard. My classmates and I would sit in front of the chalkboard and just write in our notebooks word for word on what was the board. I was very curious about what the purpose of it when I couldn’t even understand it. My hand would eventually hurt from…