Reading Is Fundamental

The Secret Silent Society It all started in fourth grade when I picked up a book; attempted to mold my hands to certain images that I believed to mean ‘S’, shifting to ‘A’, stumbling upon ‘R’, shuffling back to ‘A’, and then floundering to ‘H’ over and over again, till I no longer stumbled, wobbled, or trembled. After flipping the page, I soon found myself infatuated with silent communication and those who use it. Class after class, I learned all the signs in that book and more, but nothing…

1. Middle School Teacher (Video 5, Maime): Interacting with an ELL student who is at Emergence (early production) Stage is really hard. The student uses short phrases to express herself, but it seems that she understands more than she speaks. Here the teacher reads a pretty basic level book for the middle school student. While she reads, she explains any crucial word that the student doesn’t understand. She uses her thumb to act out ‘in’ and ‘out’. She knows that the action of her thumb will…

4. William will be able to successfully identify and frame uppercase and lowercase letters. Letter Detectives William will choose a letter to investigate. He is to search for it on food boxes, signs, magazines, and other forms of print. Then William can find examples of that letter to cut and paste on a sheet of paper. Once he investigates a few words, he can make a book out of the newly investigated letters (Strickland, p. 41). Alphabet Book Have a fluent reader read an alphabet book to…

additional services for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) level III. Student A struggles only in academic areas and presents no behavioral issues. The student admits she only reads for academic purposes. While she is in school, she enjoys reading fantasy genre books. Student A came willingly to the sitting and seemed relaxed. The assessor advised the…

However, DMT is still embedded through the use of dance itself. Dance is a way to express oneself using movement, the body and mind, and one of the basic fundamentals of art. Dance Movement therapy, as stated from the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA), is “the psychotherapeutic use of movement to further the emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration of the individual.” DMT and dance are…

When we moved back to Los Fresnos, my mom would take my brother and I to the library in the summer at the beginning of my sixth grade year. I remember the first time my mother took my brother and I to the library. The long rows of bookshelves were a true sight to behold. In that instant, it was as if my mom read my mind. “Now, let’s go get you two your first library card.” As we made our way to the front desk, I was in awe of all the different kinds of books that it simply boggled my mind. Books…

display poems, chants, and song” that Melissa and I have read together. I will also “list commonly used words in our shared readings.” (Taberski. H 2000) In Addition, I will be observing Melissa to see if she will comment on the story instead of waiting for me to ask what the story is about because “ it is important to note that when children understand what they are reading, they often comment on the story as they go. Many times they don’t wait to be asked what the story is about, but may react…

For many years, there has been a standing debate between educators regarding the most beneficial method of reading instruction. Some people argue that the whole language approach immerses children in valuable literature, which will improve their reading and writing skills. However, as time passes, more and more educators use phonics as the primary method of reading instruction. Those who incorporate phonics into their teaching believe it is important for students to understand the rules that…

students can learn from through reading. Other books in our curriculum are like “The Diary of Anne Frank,” and a book from another class, “Fever 1793.” The two books which I listed have literary value. In order to learn what the book is about, you need to read it. And by reading it, you get an understanding of what it was like. “Call of the Wild” is a book which you can’t learn from. There is no literary value behind it. My second idea is that it is in the unit “Reading Critically.” Any book…

Informal assessment of N~’s syntactic usage revealed syntactical difficulties. He predominately produced simple sentence during conversation (e.g. “my ear hurts”). N~’s syntax was negatively impacted by language formulation difficulties as his sentences deteriorated into fragments and short phrases that were linked with the connective “and”. He exhibited errors in subject-verb agreement during discourse (e.g. “I no feel good”) and in formalized testing (e.g., “pencil is do your homework”).…