Incorporate Effective Reading Strategies

The question that I have chosen for my inquiry project is: How can you improve performance in a first grade classroom with Guided Reading? I am interested in this since I teach first grade. As a first grade teacher I am always looking for ways to improve my class’s performance. Guided reading offers support to the students as they are learning. Rogoff suggested that “adults support children’s learning by structuring the task’s difficulty level, jointly participating in problem solving, focusing the learner’s attention to the task, and motivating the learner.” (Frey & Fisher, 2010, 84).

How can content area teachers plan and design instruction so that students will actively engage in literacy- and subject-related activities?

“Anderson, what’s the DOW stock valued at today?” inquires a wealthy businessman, with a hint of concern. In the world of wealth management, this is not an uncommon question, considering that stock holders obsess about their return on investment. Similarly, in the world of academia and educational research, authorities obsess about effective instruction and frequently ask, “what is the current value of literacy?” Educator Jim Trelease uses his book to answer this (The Read-Aloud Handbook, 2013). Academically, Trelease gives readers a synopsis of why classrooms need reading aloud time and how they can capitalize it; in addition to the facts, Jim uses a personal tone to remind readers that literacy education is an investment in everyone’s future.

Bryan Campus (mother, Edith Sanchez). Spoke to both parent and case manager (Byran has an IEP for ADD) and we have a meeting on Wednesday, December 9th at 10:00 am at Winton MS.

One third of schools in the United States are located within rural areas. Rural areas are known to be small towns where people are known for a southern way of life. These areas are also known for high poverty and geographic seclusion. With these characteristics for an environment, it is difficult to maintain an upright school atmosphere. Most schools in rural areas are lacking high qualified teachers and the school itself is failing to develop strategies to help struggling readers in early elementary school.

As a reader, I have always struggled. From the first time, I began to read to now. We never understood why until I was in sixth grade. In sixth grade, I was tested for dyslexia and as a result we found out I was dyslexic. Through my grade school and high school years We did everything and anything to help me to read better.

There are many elements when teaching literacy. Each lesson needs to follow the previous one. Lessons should not be rushed but broken down to ensure that each students fully understand

The central focus of my learning segment is to learn about the relationship between cause and effect, sequencing, and timelines. As we near the CRCT, the students need to be able to describe the relationship between causes and effects. The students will also be able to write their own sentences and stories using different cause and effect strategies. The learning segment will be broken down into four different days, the first day will be focusing on finding cause and effect relationships in literature, the second day will use historical contexts for cause and effect and sequencing, the third day will use science to explain why sequencing is important, and the final day will focus on how personal behaviors can have different effects on the classroom and school. Each day my lessons will delve deeper into the meaning of cause and effect. By the end of the week, my students should be able to explain how their own behaviors affect the classroom and school. The students will work on building their own stories using different cause and effect signal words.

Throughout this semester I have improved immensely through my writing. At the beginning of the semester I didn’t understand what MLA format was, where to place commas, how to cite a source, or how to make a works cited page. As you can see literature wasn’t really my forte. Throughout the semester I have slowly seen my writing grow and improve. Although the writings continued to become more complicated, I have many examples on how I improved throughout this semester.

Literacy is one of the most important and sometimes difficult part of education. Many children have no interest in reading and others struggle. Both of these groups of children are often pushed aside so teachers can focus on the children that do not give them a hard time. These children need more attention,

Reading faster and increasing your rate of retention almost seems like a paradox. If you are like most people you believe that you either read faster, or you increase your retention rate. You certainly wouldn't believe both were possible at the same time. However, you would be wrong. This article will teach you how to use brain-based learning to do both at the same time.

The position of National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is that reading ?is the complex act of constructing meaning from print. We read in order to better understand ourselves, others, and the world around us; we use the knowledge we gain from reading to change the world in which we live.? According to the International Reading Association?s position statement (2012) as students ?prepare to become productive citizens, they must be able to comprehend and construct information using print and nonprint materials in fixed and virtual platforms across disciplines? (p. 2). The International Literacy Association in Adolescent Literacy (2012) believes content area teachers should provide ?instruction in the multiple literacy strategies needed

One more tip for teachers is to get the parents involved with the students and reading. Try alternating reading sentences (for young kids) or paragraphs between the parent and the child. Maybe have the student read to his younger sibling, if he has one. Kids should always have access to a variety of books so they can find what they enjoy. Maybe a child is not bad at reading, but they don't like what they are reading in school. In that case, if you can help them find something they enjoy reading, they will be more motivated to get better at reading so they can learn more about this thing they are passionate about.

To support my research, I use some of the theory to be used as a guide to make this research. Some theories are as follows:

Reading is an important part of learning English. This guide to how to improve your reading skills will help you improve reading by using skills you use in your own language. In other words, one of the best tips on improving reading is to think about how you read in your own language. Start by thinking about how you read different documents. How do you read the newspaper? How do you read novels? How do you read train schedules? and so on. Taking time to think about this will help give you clues on how to read in English - even if you don 't understand every single word.