Reading

Using an effective reading strategy is key to increasing reading comprehension.The SQ3R reading system, when mastered, will decrease the overall time that you spend on reading, interpreting and reviewing content. The SQ3R System is a 5 step active reading process that was developed by Francis Robinson(Van Blerkom, 1997) and intended to keep readers engaged in the material. Although it may seem time consuming, the overall study and comprehension time is actually minimized once the process is…

students bridge the connection to comprehension in reading, teachers should use textual lineage and personal relevance’s. Motivating struggling reader’s and ELL’s to engage in reading and comprehend exactly what they are reading, will help them to become better in all…

Informal Reading Inventory An Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) is an independently administered test intended to help one define a student’s reading instructional needs. The test has four section called silent reading comprehension, oral reading (running record), miscue analysis, and listening comprehension. Each section assesses the student in a different skill. The silent reading assesses the student ability to summarize the text read, the oral reading assesses the student’s fluency, miscue…

My Backstory of Reading and Writing My earliest memory of writing is of when I started to learn the alphabet in Kindergarten. My first teacher was Mrs. Crowley, I remember writing all of the letters, singing the alphabet and nursery rhymes, and learning to spell my name. I enjoyed the process of learning and finding out new fun facts. I didn’t know it then but learning how to read and write began the foundation of who I am today. I love to read and I wouldn’t be able too if it weren’t for…

we meet, the places we go to everyday and the resources we have at our disposal. In my experience in reading and writing, there has been numerous Literacy Sponsors in their own form. While growing up, my parents acted as my first literacy sponsors and helped me through reading and writing then throughout school. In my Sophomore year of High School, my teacher introduced a new practice of reading by having us read the book, then showing us a scene from a video to witness both the words of the…

old, and that is happening with books. Author Motoko Rich, of “Literacy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?,” published on July 27, 2008 in The New York Times, She compares and explains in a convincing way how people are transitioning more with the use of technology, than traditional books. “At least since the invention of television, critics have warned that electronic media would destroy reading. What is different now, since literacy experts say, is that spending time on the web, whether it is…

found that there is a duality in my relationship with reading. On one side, A hatred that developed at a very young age. This hatred matured from feelings of frustration, disassociation and manipulation. I resorted to only accepting information from audio and video mediums. Reading remained undesirable and unnecessary until I heard myself read aloud. From the elegance of my voice to the seamless transitions of words, I fell in love with reading. Though this honey moon period was short lived,…

What made me walk away from reading was as a kid I couldn’t comprehend things that good. I wanted to like to read but it didn’t really work that well because every time I read something nothing would make sense. So I just thought is was boring because I didn’t even know what was going on in the book, for instants it is like if you are reading different word altogether that doesn't make sense. When I got into 6th grade I liked reading a little more and could comprehend the book better but not…

Reading well is important in everyday life, we read street signs, text messages, blogs, news articles, and the list goes on and on, but when it comes to a critical thinkings class reading is especially important for multiple reasons. One of these reasons is the fact that critical thinkings means evaluating an issue in order to form a judgement, and to evaluate we have to do our own research and do some digging. Reading well enables us to understand and find deeper meanings in some of these…

Reading and writing skills are developed very early on in a child's life. They are encouraged to read whatever interests them and are given a chance to explore their talent in writing when creating stories and silly poems. However, I believe that school assignments, such as poorly lead novel studies, kill the curiosity and imagination a child has nurtured. While they do teach students essential lessons in literacy, incorrect use of the tool loses students to boredom, emotional detachment, and…