Speed reading

By using digital tools she can see if the student is reading books when they are supposed to and give a quiz to students to prove that they actually did read the books. Digital tools help simplifies the process of writing and help the improvement of higher education. She explains that digital tools help her…

a precursor to reading success. Commercially-published programs and books, software and apps, and numerous Internet sources can provide teachers with materials needed for a strong program of direct, explicit instruction. Kindergarten programs level attempt to level the playing field, as students begin school at various stages of reading readiness. Phonics builds on early phonemic awareness activities. By the time students…

limitless. The five skills within reading are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; all of which students need to be able efficient at in order to be a successful reader. It is crucial for the teacher to provide daily activities and instruction that supports the student in strengthening their reading skills, especially if a student is weak in one or more areas. The role of an effective teacher is critical in a student’s reading development. Phonemic Awareness…

learned many factors and considerations of reading. Most importantly, I learned that reading is so much more than simply decoding words. Reading requires the reader to use multiple strategies simultaneously in order to properly decode and comprehend. To an outsider, reading can seem to be a simple activity that most children learn from a young age. When I first began working with students who had difficulty reading, I was surprised by how many children found reading challenging. Yet after…

Wichita State University found that sight words make up 75% of children’s literature (Kear). The ability to recognize sight words makes reading much easier for young readers. In fact, according to Robb, a school psychologist with a doctorate in Education Leadership, children have to “acquire a certain number of sight words in order to tackle beginning reading successfully. In particular, young readers need to learn certain high frequency words that do not follow phonics rules” (Robb). These…

important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children,” (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, and Wilkson 23). They taught me how to love reading and made sure I always set aside time to read. My parents were not the only thing to contribute to my love of reading, starting when I was about 6 years old, the Summer Reading Program at Lincoln Township library showed that reading is one of the joys in life. My mom…

the picture book Handa’s surprise Focus children: Arlo and all the toddlers Resources: the book Handa’s surprise Rationale: The reading activity follows on from the reading the picture book Dear Zoo experience on 26/10/2017. Arlo enjoyed reading picture books and listening to stories. This experience will allow him to continue his interest and enjoyment while reading another story for him to learn the language. Objectives: For Arlo and other toddlers to listen and respond to sounds and…

Phonemic Awareness/Phonics: Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in words. More specifically, a phoneme is the smallest part of spoken language that makes a difference in the meaning of a word. For example the sound /s/ changes the meaning of a word when it is at the end of a word, commonly creating a plural meaning. Phonemic instruction always occurs in spoken form, which means that all students can benefit from instruction, regardless of their…

As a science teacher, I will need to ensure that students are engaged in class and that I can hold their attention. There are clear benefits to linear reading and paper documents, but in this age of technological advances, my classroom will also need to have an interactive, internet aspect. The brains of students are changing, and it will be crucial to understand how my students think about the world and…

phenomenal monolingual teachers, but do not know how to differentiate their teaching for ELL students. So, in hopes of finding strategies and techniques that can be implemented in my Bilingual and ELL classrooms, I selected Reading Strategies for my Literature Review topic. Reading the articles I found both validated the information and strategies I have been sharing with my teachers, as well as enlightened me with new and exciting ideas. The website uteach.utexas.edu states, “One…