Orthography

What happens when you give a girl a book? Growing up I begged my mom to read me the book ‘If you give a mouse a cookie’ by Laura Numeroff. Ever since then I knew what this book was. I would have my parents or brother read it to me all the time because I hated reading it to myself. I would rather tell you a story or listen to yours but think twice before you give a girl a book and tell her she needs to read the whole thing by Monday. If you give a mouse a cookie he could ask for a glass of milk,…

1) What is phonological awareness and why is it important for beginning reading success? a. Phonological awareness is used to describe a range of skills that involve the understanding, use, and recall of sounds. Phonological awareness also in compasses a skill known as phonemic awareness, which is the ability to focus on and manipulate phonemes in spoken words. Phonological awareness is important for beginning reading success because it allows children to know that each letter of the alphabet…

Hill describes development of phonics in writing in different phases. It starts with pre-phonic spelling through the use of letters, numbers and other symbols to express in written language. This phase is followed by semi-phonic spelling where the children begin to understand the relationship between symbols and sounds. They gain confidence as a crawling baby trying to stand up at this stage. Then, like a baby taking steps forward, they use phonetic spelling in which they start writing with a…

According to “The National Assessment of Adult Literacy” (2003), it has been estimated that fourteen percent of adults in the United States have bel¬¬¬ow the basic level of prose literacy. A well functioned society should consist of well functioned community, and knowing how to read and write is a necessity for the perfect society. Reading and writing are skills acquired in our everyday life such as, reading the newspaper, and writing emails. Nevertheless, many people are still illiterate. In…

Words never came easy to me. And my memories don’t come back like it was just yesterday. My first encounters with learning to read was the hardest things I have ever done in elementary school. My great grandma, Ella, and teacher assistant, Miss Frieda, taught me how to read. Every week I was sent home with a word list we were to learn. If I was lucky the list would only be ten words. My mother worked two jobs so she was always gone. But to her convience and mine we lived less than one hundred…

Literacy and I have a love-hate relationship. I want to love it, but at the same time, I hate how hard it is for me to read and write. I didn’t learn how to read until I was out of elementary school. It wasn’t until freshman year of high school that I learned how to write a structured paragraph. My teachers didn’t teach me how to read and write. They all taught the same way and it was not working. However, with the help of Disney Sing Along Songs: Zip a Dee Doo Dah VHS tape, I learned a…

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…

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…

My case study student is a second grader who loves mystery books, video games and playing with friends. My first day in the classroom before being assigned my case study student, I almost immediately bonded with my case study student over the stories of Goosebumps, after that he constantly asked me to sit with him during lunch and asked me for help. I would consider him to have a limited internal dialogue because he often says whatever is on his mind, but it frequently turns out hilarious and…

For my Literacy Investigation Project, I chose to research about pre-handwriting and also handwriting in children. From researching on both of these topics, I gathered plenty of information to understand where children should be developmentally with writing, pertaining to their ages. The five articles I researched all provided information about pre-handwriting as well as handwriting in children. The first article I read was titled “The role of general dynamic coordination in Handwriting Skills…