Reading Works

Reading Memoir “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go,” wrote Theodor Seuss. The idea of reading is such a delitescent success factor. Many people don’t know the importance of reading and how it can help someone grow spiritually, mentally and physically. Reading has helped help me in coping with these different areas of my life through recent years. Throughout majority of my adult life reading hasn’t been a big part of my…

When I administered the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5, I chose to work with (REAL NAME REMOVED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PURPOSES) Izzy, a 5th grader at _______________________________________. Izzy is 11 years old and lives in an apartment in ________________with her mother ____________, her father ____________, and her 3 siblings. Izzy shares a close relationship with all of her family members. She enjoys going to local parks with them in the summer, and especially loves having dinner with her…

provided reading books that is at student’s reading level. Assignments will be adjusted to meet the student’s supplement reading material. Visually Impaired Accommodations #1: Student will have access to math manipulatives (physical objects) to assist student in learning new math concepts. Accommodations…

Poetry Reading Response: Rickey Laurentiis I had a chance to see Rickey Laurentiis, an Black poet, along with a majority of my classmates at the Madison Public Library in the third floor Community Room. When I arrived, the first thing I noticed was that it was a very packed event; this caught me off guard. There weren’t a lot of seats available so some people had to either stand at the back of the room the entire time or stand outside by the door and listen carefully. Before this gathering,…

Jessica Writes, the author of “Why Read? A Letter to a Younger Generation,” strongly believes reading helps to develop the skill of imagination. With reading, one has to develop words into pictures, words into actions, thus allowing individuals to have a broader imagination. However, her argument is that technology is beginning to hinder the imagination in students, and the use of literature could eventually wither away, due to the increase of technology. With technology came the advancements in…

to determine their areas of limitation so that we can aid in building up these areas. In the following case, Joe is a 2nd grader who attends a Title 1 tutor class while attending an elementary magnet school. As the tutor class begins while Joe’s reading class is still in session his teacher is collaborating with this tutor to find ways to adjust the assignments so that Joe can meet the nine week goals his teach has set. The intent of this paper is to discuss assignment adjustment options as well…

into their individual sounds (phonemes). In his situation he spends a large amount of time decoding words, which affects his comprehension, reading and writing. Nathans transition from the general education classroom to the resource room is a means of intervention, which allows him to get more individualized attention. As a result, he improved in his reading and…

Maren Malakowsky Composition 101 Mrs. Laura Alvstad 2 Dec. 2014 Low Reading Literacy: The Profound Effects Are You More Literate Than a Sixth Grader? Fit in later to transition to the problem “Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives.” - Richard Vaca Academically…

remember, reading has always been a tremendous part of my life. Growing up, my mother introduced reading as one of the most important skills I could learn. Throughout my childhood, my entire family constantly incorporated reading into my daily schedule by helping me complete word searches, reading books, or rehearsing the ABC’s. Every night before bed, my mother and I would read a page out of a children’s bible book called Blessings Every Day as opposed to the classic Green Eggs and Ham. Reading…

and driven third grade boy at Osceola Elementary School. He has remedial reading problems, for which I am there to help him work through. For this second case study, I administered additional reading assessments to Jake in order to gain further evidence for his instructional needs. The first test I administered to Jake was the Informal Reading Inventory. One section of the Informal Reading Inventory dealt with reading comprehension. Jake read and answered questions to all of the passages…