I Am A Great Philosophy Of Education

As a future teacher of a fast-changing generation that searches restlessly for new interests, I believe that old and new must meet to keep the basic values of a balanced literacy. Focusing on prior knowledge, collaborating with colleagues, peers, families, and community, creating connections with our surrounding, and empowering students’ learning style throughout the process of gaining knowledge of reading and writing. Foremost, my personal philosophy of teaching literacy is based on constructivism and sociolinguistic, where hands on experience and guidance are priority in an informational world. To facilitate a child’s acquisition of literacy skills , as I plan for literacy instruction for my future classroom, I will take into consideration

“The more you read, the more things you know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” This is how Dr. Seuss thought of reading, and I think of it in much the same way. Literacy is everywhere and influences us every day, therefore, it plays a major part in each of our lives. I believe that reading is an interactive activity in which learning happens, or as Clay (2001) defines it, “…a message-getting, problem-solving activity” (p. 1). Reading is the process through which one reads information and from doing so, constructs meaning about the material. The more exposure and practice one has with reading, the more knowledge one gains. In this paper, I will begin by discussing my own personal educational philosophy, then continue by stating and explaining four of my beliefs about the reading process and the research that is found to support each of them before sharing the remaining questions I have about literacy. I am an existentialist, and a strong supporter of a balanced literacy approach. My beliefs about literacy come from these foundations and perspectives that I embrace. For students to be successful in their literacy development, I believe that identity acceptance in the classroom is crucial, instruction for all students must be differentiated, direct and explicit instruction is at times necessary, and vocabulary is a significant component in the ‘Big Five’ of children’s literacy development.

Literacy embraces reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Integrating all of these into a literacy program is key. Teachers must provide endless and ongoing opportunities for their student to read, write, listen, and speak.

Reading is a means of language acquisition, of communication, and of sharing information which is essential in being a productive member of society. If and when a student missed an opportunity to learn the skills necessary for reading, it’s has a profound impact on their lives. As educators we realize that teaching all children to read requires that every child receive excellent reading instruction. We are also aware that children, who are struggling with reading must receive

Students will demonstrate their reading skills by reading through the reading material with reason and comprehension

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Literacy embraces reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Integrating all of these into a literacy program is key. Teachers must provide endless and ongoing opportunities for their student to read, write, listen, and speak.

As I arrange this reflective analysis paper on topics that relate to a foundational course and specifically searching for the modules that have given me the most information, taught me something new or expanded my knowledge on a specific topic of reading, I have come to realize how far I have come since I began this adventure. I began these courses after graduating from Marshall with my bachelors. I chose this path because of my love for reading and teaching reading. I have come to realize that these courses have enabled me to become a more effective reading teacher and I now have been given the skills, strategies and techniques that I needed to teach a child to read. I know that I will always need to keep up with classes and new techniques, but feel that I am much more capable of teaching reading than before I started these courses. The course 653 Literacy Acquisition helped me to improve and further develop my educational philosophies and beliefs. So, I chose to speak about the first lesson that was expected of me in this class, Module 1 Literacy Theories, Beliefs and Practices.

Beginning with phonics is an important factor when learning to read. Having the alphabet around the room with examples are ways that helped me connect letters and sounds. Other ways to teach student’s to find connections with letters and sounds are rhyme books, poem books, and songs. Showing my student’s the passion and enthusiasm for reading will encourage students to be passionate readers. I would model this by reading aloud to my student’s daily for a short period of time. After reading we will discuss what we read and our feelings on the subject. Learning vocabulary and expanding student’s word knowledge is something I want my students to explore. I want to introduce students to multiple genres and to be able to find meanings and structure to the words and sounds. I believe by enhancing student’s vocabulary it helps them to become better communicators in the future. I can promote vocabulary my displaying word walls and having a library and dictionaries available around the

Something that I will use in my future practice is doing reading strategies with my students. when students are in the younger grades shared reading is very important. It is very important for the reason that it helps students to learn how to read. They are reading with the teacher and they will become familiar with the words. Shared reading is something that should be constantly. I would also have Specific literacy routines that helps the students out. From the video it was learned that the teacher Ms. Purlsey lets her students pick different reading choices during reader’s workshop. This is important for the reason that we want our students to become independent. By giving our students choices it can help to pick stuff on their own. Rather than depending on the teacher to pick something for them. Something else that would help me out in my future practice is having my students read for a purpose. I want my students to be able learn that from reading they will acquire something new. And lastly something that will help my future practice is conducting assessments on my students. By having assessments will show the progression of my students. It can also show me different things that I can assist my students with to make them more successful in life. With assessments it is needed in order to help students

One of the first steps in helping a struggling reader is to be able to reach out and assist the areas where they are lacking. One way a teacher can assist is to help the students discover and set reading goals for themselves. Having a reading goal can help the students have a purpose for reading. Some students may need motivation and a reason to read if the ease of reading isn’t there for them. Having a goal may help these students feel the sense of reading has a purpose. Trying new procedures and having organizational strategies can be beneficial to teachers when helping students achieve their reading goals. Michael Opitz and Michael Ford have found organizational strategies to be successful when implemented in the classroom as part of the reading strategy. According to Michael Opitz and Michael Ford, “when teachers are able to expand the way they think and use Guided Reading it will help the students become more successful at reading.” (Hillman, 2002). The concerns from Opitz and Ford are as follows: 1. Roles and Goals; 2. Assessment and Grouping; 3. Texts; 4. Instruction; and 5. Organization and Management.”

Teachers should teach reading in, fun, exciting, and research based findings in order to help students with their comprehension. The teacher from the video "Rick's Reading Workshop: Mini-Lesson", did an exemplary job of executing all three of these factors to positively impact his students comprehension. His class was built on the foundation of wanting all his students to have a love of reading, because he believed that when students are engaged and having fun they are more susceptible to comprehend and ask questions. He read to the students in a tone that was highly engaging, and overall a joy to listen to, the students were actively engaged and with the teachers enthusiasm they never had a chance to stray from topic. I also appreciate

My first choice to increase reading would be to read aloud to my students. Many research studies claim reading aloud increases students’ background knowledge, introduces them to several different story structures, and demonstrates “good reading strategies”, which all help to raise reading ability and scores on standardized tests. Reading aloud helps to build a sense of belonging. It helps students to share and learn from each other through discussion. Reading aloud helps to connects reader with content area subjects. Reading with older readers gives the knowledge needed to understand content subject matter. Finally, reading aloud increases a reader’s interest in independent reading.

My philosophy of literacy is centered on providing a learning environment rich in authentic literature, instruction that is engaging, fun, and balanced, collaborative, and also involving families in the child’s education. My ultimate goal of literacy instruction is to help children become lifelong readers and writers by providing the skills necessary to comprehend, construct, and make meaning of text, speak, and write. (Torgesen, 2002). According to the National Reading Panel, there are five essential components that must be taught in effective reading programs: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. (Reading Horizons). According to Konza (2014), reading instruction should be changed to six foundational reading elements, adding oral language and early literacy. I also believe that early literacy should be

Reading is an act of perception, analysis, and interpretation done by the reader to get the message to be conveyed by the author in media writing. According to Farr (in Dalman, 2013: 5) suggests that "Reading is the Heart of Education, the reading of reading comprehension is an essential prerequisite for mastery and enhancement of students' knowledge, so after reading the text the reader should be able to understand the text. First, give information, for example by reading newspapers and magazines, secondly, give entertainment, for example by reading a novel.The third one, most importantly reading can provide new knowledge.The book can provide understanding as well as entertaining and providing information.