Orthography

As a tutor for a 3rd grade student, I administered a variety of assessments to evaluate the student’s literacy strengths and challenges. The follow reflects the completed assessments: Reading Attitude, Reader Self-Perception, Phonemic Awareness, Word Lists, Spelling Inventory, Oral Reading passages, Writing Attitude survey, and a Writing Self-Perception survey. The results from each assessment are as followed: scored 41/45 on the nine dimensions of Phonemic Awareness assessment; accurately…

I will start off the lesson by reading the book, “The first Thanksgiving.” I will then tell students they are going to write a few sentences about a tradition their family participates in, using at least 4 of our site words we have talked about this week. They need to have no less than 4 sentences on their paper and four site words. They will then draw a picture of their writing. I will then go over the site words together as a class. (every, after, about, each, because, before, going, tradition…

I take the letter in my hand and slowly rip open the paper. The letter is from Bill Clinton, the president of the U.S. My eyes scan the letter . It explains how deeply sorry all Americans are for what they did to us. This reminds me of the journals I kept, dating back to a few months before I had to leave for Tule Lake . I wrote about how my rights were violated, how the government caved in by not upholding the responsibility of sustaining them. I wrote about how the government needed to lock us…

Hello Mr. Sean-Michael Philip Young, I understand that it has been several years since I have written you a letter or an essay or even note, and perhaps you have wished that I would no longer write to you. Alas, if that was indeed your wish, I for one am (slightly) hurt and, as you can tell by this letter, your wish has not been fulfilled; however, I do write to you in regards to English, specifically about Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, written by, as you would know, Frederick…

As children age their brains automatically develop the ability to talk, however they must be taught how to read. The alphabet, phonetics, and the ability to recognize words are all skills which must be developed through teaching and practice. Many people learn to read, then graduate to more challenging concepts, but some struggle to learn how to read because of learning disorders. Dyslexia is a learning disability which impedes one’s reading abilities due to an anomaly in an individual’s brain…

Hofstadter-Duke, K., & Daly, E. (2011). Improving oral reading fluency with a peer-mediated intervention. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(3), 641-646. doi:10.1901/jaba.2011.44-641 Hofstadter-Duke and Daly (2011) studied the effects of a peer-delivered reading intervention program designed to increase oral reading fluency in first grade students referred for at risk reading fluency. The purpose of this empirical research was to conduct an experiment to examine the effects of a…

At the age of twenty six, I was tested and diagnosed with a learning disability called Dyslexia, although there are different forms of this learning disability I suffered the lack of comprehension in which I had difficulty recognizing and understanding the written language. I mention this because I hope to give a better perspective of my educational experience with different teachers throughout my life. Before being diagnosed, I struggled through school beginning in kindergarten. Because I…

How do we learn to read or write? Most people will say it is simply taught to us in our early childhood years of life. And although that is true I believe the real question should be what or who has influenced us to read and write. It could be anything from a teacher or family member to an intriguing book you checked out from the library. Anyone or anything can persuade you to take an interest or disinterest in literacy; It's all about trial and error. Through various experiences we evolve as a…

Ever since I can remember I have been drawn to writing. Just ask my parents, when presented with puzzles as a 2 year old (one with letters the other with numbers) I would pick the letters every time. My academic interests have always been slanted toward reading and language arts. Throughout High School I sought out as many english and writing classes I could find which, unfortunately, in my school was not very many. However, in my Junior year I was granted the wonderful opportunity to attend…

This story about dyslexia really explained a condition that I knew little about, and how it is commonly misconceived by the general populous. By dictionary (standard) definition Dyslexia is the inability of otherwise normal children to read. Dyslexic children are in a separate category from kids that can’t read due to personal issues: such as poverty, brain damage, or vision impairments. Although there are scientists who disagree, the accepted cause for Dyslexia is the inheritance of a…