Speed reading

There have been many studies over the years evaluating the decline in youth reading. In Charlotte Alter’s 2014, TIME magazine article, “Study: The Number of Teens Reading for Fun Keeps Declining,” she cites a study compiled by Common Sense Media. The Common Sense Media study found that while reading rates of children will steadily decrease as the get older, the decline was more significant over the last thirty years. The study found that in 1984, 8% of 13-year-olds and 9% of 17-year-olds said…

The process of reading itself encompasses the fluid coordination of many component skills, with many reading difficulties being interrelated with deficits in phonetic and phonemic awareness. Moreover, phonological disorders often affect the phonemic level of representation and are characterized by difficulty in…

how books have both quality and pores to them, which means that books show how life really is. Books show how life has its atrocious moments and it’s not something like a TV show would produce, where most problems would be solved in no time flat. Reading books break that barrier of being fake and shows the reader how hard life can become for a person who is trying to survive in the world. Next, Faber explains how books give people time to relax and not worry so much about having to rush to…

For my Literacy Investigation Project, I chose to research about pre-handwriting and also handwriting in children. From researching on both of these topics, I gathered plenty of information to understand where children should be developmentally with writing, pertaining to their ages. The five articles I researched all provided information about pre-handwriting as well as handwriting in children. The first article I read was titled “The role of general dynamic coordination in Handwriting Skills…

well, because they were able to make predictions before they heard the story, they were able to witness wacky things happening throughout the story, and then they were able to reexamine if their predictions were right or not. Using the main idea reading pocket chart was a great tool to use, because then they were able to see what some of them thought the main ideas were from the stories and other students to be able to partake in what they thought the supporting details were. I felt like it was…

a daily basis , reading strategies, and writing experiences in preprimary and primary classrooms according to Pearson’s Custom on page 203. This way of teaching literacy has proven to be an effective way of creating a balanced literacy program. In the past as the text book states literacy primary focus was to develop the child’s reading skills through a whole group teaching style, however the new approach focuses on a holistic learning style meaning it doesn’t only focus on reading but everyday…

an agriculture teacher, I will often assign readings to my students to convey information and increase their understanding of certain concepts. Likely, I will have to deal with students like Cynthia in my classroom. One strategy I would use to help a student like Cynthia would be capitalize on her initial desire to be successful. The text mentioned that Cynthia had certain goals she wanted to reach during the school year such as improving her reading and writing skills. While goals are good…

Third grade reading time was the event that propelled me into reading. Most of my classmates would typically find a book that interested them with ease and quickly find a place to begin reading; whereas I would have an oddly hard time finding a book of interest. So much so that I developed the habit of just grabbing a random book, to give me a guise as a reader. As a kid I just could not get into reading for such a small amount of time, and on top of that the books kept in the teacher library…

by a teacher and/or a classmate. The videos and reading clearly demonstrate the advantages of collaborative writing. It provides learners with opportunities to learn and advance their writing skills through a discussion of the language they are using. By collaborating and following the guide of the teacher, students improve their language skills and advance far more than if they did with their own pen and…

I have never had the passion of reading. When I was younger my mom would always read me a short story before bed time. As a toddler, I would try reading to my mom and make up little stories of my own. Growing up, I was diagnosed at an early age with ADHD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder). When I was not on medication, consecrating on homework or class work was always a challenge for me. Reading and writing has never been a passion of mine. The only time I would read a book or a novel…