Reading comprehension

Woodcock Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery Publisher: Richard Woodcock, Nancy Mather, and Frederick A. Schrank, 2004 Purpose of Test: The Woodcock Johnson III measures the skills and abilities required for reading. Construction Methodology The Woodcock Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery consists of ten subtests taken from the Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement III. The subtests include subtests administered in the standard fashion, with the examiner reading directions and…

“Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning” from Haas & Flowers wants us to understand the true meaning of reading and writing, how we need to see reading as a “constructive rather than a receptive process” (Haas & Flower 167). Targeting students and teachers as well, Haas and Flower managed to develop an article that explains and shows us some misconception of our daily writing life that should be known by everybody. They make questions towards students asking if they really…

instructional reading level. Kelly, Lilly, Roxanne, and Andres are reading below grade level, they are English Language Learners and they are in an all English instruction classroom. For all four students, I used reading assessments from the McGraw-Hill Website which provided me reading passages with two questions at the end to check for comprehension. Since my students are reading at different reading levels, I had to provide them with different reading passages based on their reading levels, I…

Group Reading Inventory & Anticipation Guide Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ESL 603 – ESL Methods By Alicia Johnson 4-19-2015 Group Reading Inventory Directions for Students: Read the passage Burger Battles and answer the following questions: Word Meanings: Briefly define or explain the meaning of the following words used in the passage Burger Battles: (1) calories, (2) obesity, (3) diabetes, (4) advertising, (5) healthy, (6) sodium…

My time in room 303 during my senior year of high school has been interesting. I experienced immediate progress in my writing and reading abilities. The professors famous lectures were definitely all they were hyped up to be. His unfamiliar way of teaching has proven to be a success. My reading and writing scores continued to increase throughout the school year. The lengthy year flew by with the help of Mr. McGee and his entertaining lectures. This was one of the first time I have enjoyed doing…

Phonemic awareness skills transfer more easily if the languages have similar alphabets, roots, orthography, and phonemes (Moughamian, Rivera & Francis, 2009). Moreover, Spanish language reading comprehension skills tend to enhance English reading skills because students use comprehension strategies they already know from their native language. The same alphabet is used in both languages, with Spanish having only one extra letter (ñ), and accents marks. Teachers can emphasize both the…

author’s writing skills. The composition of this reading is like a science lab project, where everything is physically present to the students, observed by them and the experiment takes place before their eyes. Part 3. Scavenger Hunt Brief description study about Reading This purpose of this study is to examine the working memory and general cognitive ability deficit experienced by the university students with specific reading comprehension deficit. This study was conducted on the…

My fieldwork focused on early childhood education, specifically kindergarten and second grade. Being able to observe those two grade levels helped me to solidify my desire to be a teacher. At the end of my observations, I was able to determine where I felt most comfortable; where I found my niche. I came to the conclusion that I preferred to focus my attention to kindergarten rather than any other grade level in early childhood education. Even though they were two different grade levels, the…

every individual has an adaptable standpoint to where they see themselves placed as to how prepared or how comfortable they are with college level reading and writing. It’s quite difficult to determine exactly the specific expectations but, there is a general perception as to what should be expected. Reflecting on my background and experiences of reading and writing defines my level of preparedness and comfort for college. By self-assessing my readiness for the course, I am able to recognize my…

In clip 1 - 4:18, I asked the students about context clues. During this time I ask them more questions about context clues to help them better develop an answer to the question. At 5:18, I ask the students about partner reading. During partner reading, the students circle unfamiliar words and then we discuss these unfamiliar words as a class using the passage and context clues. I was activating prior knowledge on how we have used context clues in the past. At 5:58, I showed the students a…