Orthography

As a little girl, I spent a majority of my summers on the beach with my best friend, her mom, and my mom. It is my happy place, out on a towel with my toes in the sand and a book in my hands. I like to play in the sand and in the water, but not near as much as I like to lay out with something to read. My mother was the librarian at the elementary school that I went to, Mixon Elementary School, so I had a wide variety of books to choose from. She and Ms. Selina would take me and Jean Kendall to…

According to UNESCO, an organization that is part of the United Nations, over ninety-nine percent of all adults in developed countries are literate. Because of how common it is literacy is a skill that many of us often take for granted. The ability to read and write is so common that it is only natural to assume that the people around us are literate and that literacy is nothing special. However literacy is special, especially to children who just learned how to read or write for the first time.…

Literacy Circle is a comprehensive approach that teaches students of self-awareness of their work through the conversation. And the aim is to provide a deeper holistic perception of the text (book).These literacy lessons are important for the cognitive development of the personality of the student, which helps to orient kids in the book. Of course, each lesson should be interesting, logical, orderly, cognitive, active as of the child must be "charged" the reader's interest by having a…

Reading hasn’t always been an enjoyable pastime for me. My experiences with reading have had their ups and downs, but in the end reading has made my education hurdles a bit smaller. Beginning at an early age, my mom would read stories to me every night before bed. One of my favorites was My First Bible Stories, which was a book with my short Bible stories. Goldilocks and the Three Bears was another one of my favorite childhood books that my Mawmaw used to read to me whenever I would spend…

Thinking back to when I first started to learn how to read and write is actually pretty difficult. The first time I ever picked up a book, and it actually meant something to me was when I was probably around the age 2. Those books of course were most likely books about shapes, colors, animals, and other simple books that spark interest in a child. I first began to learn how to read shapes, colors, objects, numbers, animals, and so on. A few years after that my mom started to read me more…

The Lost cat is a book written by Rosemary Border and Published by oxford Storyland Readers. This book belongs to a 12-level series of featuring interesting and lively stories. That book contains a thematically related factual section to support cross-curricular learning. This book is recommendable to use with children between 7 and 8 years old, therefore 3rd grade students could read it. Reading is used to learn new ideas in order to gain new knowledge and vocabulary, new experience, and to…

Building upon prior knowledge with new knowledge in hopes of deeper understanding influences the depth of understanding and its relevancy. Reflecting on this course has brought that deeper understanding of the intermediate literacy learner and their ability to decipher information through text and composing in written form. As I continue with my professional development, this course has given me the foundation needed to reach intermediate grade literacy learners by exposing them to a balanced…

Reading is like a desk with a hidden compartment. There are nuggets in the unsecured drawers, but the truly valuable items will be hidden, unbeknownst to all but the most careful of searchers. The same is true with a book. One is able to glean information like plot events and facts, but nothing of substance. The true meat must be sought through careful reflection and introspection. I began learning to read when I was 3. After hearing good reviews, my parents purchased the Hooked on Phonics…

At the inception of my partnership with Mikel, I purposed in my heart to view him from two angles. First, I would treat him as though he was my actual student; and second, I would teach him if he was my child. In every other assignment up to this writing assessment, I felt like a teacher. I was the one prepared with the questions, activities, and lesson plan, ready to guide Mikel through instructional learning. All he had to do was follow my lead. As I prepared to give Mikel directions for our…

When I was little, before I could read, I visited my grandparents house in rural South Dakota. My family usually visited on Sundays after church where we would eat the meal my grandma had prepared, after which my grandpa would always read a devotion. I loved hearing my grandpa read. His voice was calming and deep, his words flowed together, only interrupted by the occasional pause to clear his throat. I loved hearing him read so much I began to grab all the books I could find in the little…