Orthography

As a result of this artifact being utilized by me, students will be benefited since I will provide them with appropriate strategies for learn how to understand their own learning. There is a strong predictive relationship between word recognition skills and reading comprehension. The ability to recognize words facilitate good comprehension. It is really imperative that students master the precise skills/vocabulary in each subject matter before advancing to upper-level classes. With solid bases…

Veronica Numeracy - Patterning: Observation: Veronica chose two shapes to create an AB pattern. She created the pattern and showed to the teacher. Teacher asked her to say the pattern that she created. She replied, “Orange Square and yellow …. I don’t know” Teacher said, “It is hexagon”. She said, “Okay”. Teacher told her to transfer her pattern on the strip of paper. She transformed the pattern on the strip of paper by tracing and colouring the shapes. Interpretation: Veronica is…

When was the last time you picked up a children's book and actually read it? I am talking just reading it by yourself, not to a little kid. Sofia and Aalyah read two children books titled Horton Hatches the Egg by the famous Dr. Seuss himself, and Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness written by Lynley Dodd. Both of these well written books have a common theme. That theme being perseverance, meaning the characters in each book never gave up, even during difficult times. In the first book Horton Hatches…

Introduction Before a child enters school, the child has some knowledge of language and how words work. Children are innately curious and teachers in early childhood programs need to foster children’s early literary through research based, developmentally appropriate literacy activities that fosters the essential skills that students need in order to build the foundation for learning to read. A huge component of this type of instruction is phonological awareness, which is an umbrella terms that…

The writing task with Ina took place in her classroom on the rug where they usually sit on to learn and practice Fundations. She happily participated and it took about 20 minutes as she was also drawing along with writings. I gave her a piece of prompted paper, pencils, eraser, and crayons, I allowed her to write about anything she wants. She first draw a pictures and then wrote about it. : Ina gets 4 for idea because her idea is narrowed. She is only talking about a unicorn. She is giving…

Reflection For my field placement this semester I have been placed in School Lane Charter school located in Bensalem, PA. This charter school takes great measures in making sure their students get the best quality education. School Lane is an inclusive school, which means that students with or without disabilities are able to learn together, in the most least restrictive environment. I am placed in a first grade classroom this semester in Ms. Cameron’s room. The student who I chose to observe is…

Wambaugh, Martinez, McNeil, and Rogers (1999) conducted a study to replicate and expand upon the findings of the study by Wambaugh et al. (1998). They investigated response generalization and maintenance effects of SPT for trained and untrained words. Additionally, the authors attempted to determine whether SPT could result in the overgeneralization of targeted sounds to the production of untrained or previously trained phonemes (e.g., if training the production of /k/ would result in the…

An Emotional Story: Sold This book has a lot of educational value because it shows how a young girl uses education to save her life. In the book sold, Patricia MCcormick writes about a girl who is forced into sex slavery and learns that education can help her get out of prostitution. In Sold, Patricia MCcormick demonstrates Education through Hamish teaching Lakshmi how to read, teaching herself how to write when writing in her journal, and seeing the positive in her life when there was…

Sally, unlike most children, learned to write in a dream. At the young age of five, she dreamt of paper, pencils, and stories. Her dreams educated her on everything she needed to know about writing. While her peers learned how to correctly shape their letters, Sally impressed her teachers by writing novels. This short story is an inaccurate description of every writer's first writing experience. Writing is a process that evolves with time and practice. Writing experiences range from eye-opening…

Reading Memoir "I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book." by J.K. Rowling. I identify with this quote because I think books are like windows opening in front of you to bring you to different worlds. The experience of reading can change with age, interests, even with your mood. But reading a book is always the opportunity to connect with a wonderful new experience; and here is how it has been for me since I remember. My memories are blurry from my early childhood,…