Aspects Of Literacy Instruction

Within my school literacy lesson will be planed by the teachers, the teacher will go over the

I also believed the teacher’s manual for this textbook was helping for not only the teacher, but also the student in being able to get the information across to the student that might have difficulty understanding the reading material. The teacher’s manual provided activities and experiments for each chapter in the book to help both teacher and student.

Dick and Jane as I mention in the previous slides were a series of books that motivated reading in the years 1950-1970. John and Betty “Playmates” is another series of book that promoted reading were published in New Zealand and Australia by Whitcombe & Tombs. These same books were published in America, however the characters were known as Janet and John. The Palmer Method of cursive writing , was a writing tool utilized to teach proper penmanship in the early 1900’s, however in the year 1950, Palmer was replaced by The Zaner Bloser Method. The Zaner Bloser Method as we know aids in outfitting the kids with a procedure for composing explanation as fast as time allowed. Which one of these materials do you still used in our own classrooms?

Also, I was able to visit the media room and observe the various reading levels the children were on. I noticed that some children were very eager to read and participate, while others

In my practicum I had a classroom of 20 children. 1 child was African American, the rest where Caucasian. All of these children were low-income children, on free and reduced lunch. This classroom was also a split classroom consisting of half kindergarten students and half slower learning first grade students. This made the classroom very diverse and allowed me to see different ways to teach students in this situation. My teacher taught her lessons by grouping children based on their learning level. This allowed for each student to get more one onone help from the teacher, along with having the lesson adapted to his or her grade level. One child in the classroom had developmental delay in fine and gross motor ability. This student left the classroom each day at a specific time and had received help from a specialist. I was fortunate to be able to watch the therapy and learn how they help students like this in the school district.

What type of literacy instruction do you use? Is it a specific program? (If so what program is it?)

The development of literacy for students in pre-K through 1st grade all need a basic understanding of letter recognition, knowing phonics, and the difference between vowel sounds when they are long and short. Once these skills are established progression will be made with the introduction of diphthongs and blends. Ways that allow students to learn these basics without losing interest with posters and reads alouds is incorporating interactive videos such as LeapFrog where it draws the students in with it being set up as a cartoon and episodes of SuperWhy to reinforce what has been taught in a fun and exciting way. Another form of teaching through these subjects are the use of computer applications such as StarFall.

One of the basic understandings of literacy would be, a basic human knowledge or reading and writing. The use of literacy helps us make decisions in our everyday life, from the chores we do at home to the decisions we take while in the workplace. Most of the decisions that we make are based on what we have learned and understand. The majority of people are taught to read, but how many are taught to understand what they are reading?

Technology is everywhere. All around us we have cell phones, computers, laptops, televisions, DVDs, CDs; the list can go on forever. Now, we can even incorporate technology into the classroom, which only seems appropriate with the times we are in. The evolution of technology continues to sky-rocket to new levels every day. But what types of technology can we use in the classroom?

The characteristics in the classrooms and literacy environments of Parkview that contribute to the learning of all students includes the district wide literacy framework that we follow, utilizing our literacy coach, professional development and literacy resources. The literacy framework that my school varies by grade level. Sixth grade students receive a 110-minute literacy block that includes mini lesson, direct/explicit instruction using pacing guides, gradual release model (I do, we do, you do) collaborative work, vocabulary/word work and guided reading using leveled literacy instruction kits (LLI). Seventh and eighth grade students only have a 49-minute literacy block that includes the mini lesson, direct/explicit instruction using pacing guides, the gradual release model, collaborative work and vocabulary/word work. In addition to their literacy block, students in the bottom 25 percent of ISTEP+ scores receive a 49- minute IMPACT time, in which teachers using guided reading, independent reading and small group instruction to meet the needs of struggling students.

Smart classrooms play a great role in keeping students focused in their class. Such modernized classrooms let the educators take the charge of the complete classroom where they may target every student sitting at a time. Teachers can interact with all the viewers and thus keep every individual engaged and focused. Moreover, they may also organize student collaboration in smart classrooms which may help the students in building up healthy communication with each other. Benefits of digital classrooms are a lot more than one can ever think of.

While I was attending elementary school, reading was a crucial piece of my life. I would read almost anything that caught my interest additionally, reading has taught me many critical thinking skills throughout my life. In my third grade class, I had a teacher who I seemed to disagree with a majority of the time, Mr. Johnson. He was a polite man, intelligent, slim, and had dark curly hair. He would assign each student 20 minutes of reading out of class each day, which was always a straightforward task. Library trips were frequent due to us having to read a certain amount of minutes per week.

In comparison with this, my country Japan falls much behind than England in the diffusion and usage of IWB even though Japan is known as a high technology country. In Japan, blackboards and chalks are still used almost in every school even now. As I remember my primary and secondary school experience, few projectors or TVs were innovated to some classrooms, but there were no IWBs such as connected with the pen as I described in the previous chapter. They were mainly used for some video instructions in science and sociology classes, so that the students could watch some difficult chemistry experiments or historical videos. However, these were only used for few subjects and only as side

To develop a variety of close reading activities that can be used in kindergarten and first grade classes

Textbooks: this is aimed at scientists, student and young kids, the age range is proximally 7 years old to 55+ e.g. primary school/ university etc... The literacy levels is mid-level, as it can be unlikely to include key terms instead it can include some pictures.