Lack Of Literacy Instruction Analysis

I completed my literacy field experience at Isanti Intermediate School/School for all Seasons in Isanti, MN. I was able to complete my 20 hour observation in a 1st grade classroom (primary), a 3rd grade classroom (intermediate), and conducted fluency tests in a 5th grade classroom. Each class had approximately 22 to 25 students. Also during this literacy class, I was also able to spend a few days observing a 3rd/4th grade classroom and a kindergarten classroom through a couple of sub jobs I completed. I need to note that my understanding was that 3rd grade was part of the intermediate program so I completed half my observation and assessment time with a 3rd grade classroom and completed a 3rd grader assessment. I am happy to say

In every school across America, effective practices of reading instruction are being discussed. Calkins (2012) suggests that over 85% of students being tested on grade level literacy standards are non-proficient. Research suggests that students, who are unable to read proficiently by third grade, are not predicted to ever learn to read or have successful lives when they reach adulthood (Martinez, 2008). For these reasons, it is important that districts implement literacy models and instructional reforms that have been well researched and shown to be successful. The instructional reform method of Balanced Literacy is being used throughout the country to meet the challenging standards of the Common Core. Teachers will need

Just as the needs of students vary teachers methods of instruction should vary. Meeting the literacy needs of students should be done through a wide variety of instructional strategies that meet the needs of students and meet the requirements of a balanced literacy program. The following information shares 12 instructional procedures to be used in a third grade classroom. The procedures are from the Tompkins’ Compendium shared in the text Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (6th ed.).

For this assignment, I completed a survey to assess my school’s literacy program by using a survey that was adapted from by Patty, Maschoff, & Ransom (1996) to analyze the instructional program and the school’s infrastructure. To be able to answer my survey, I needed to go colleagues of mine in the English Department and to my administration to help with these questions. Being a math teacher, we hardly ever discuss the literacy and the students’ acquisition of it in our department meeting during staff development days. Since I am not truly current with literacy acquisition in education, I am hoping to understand more from this process so I can help all my students. I want them to be able to read texts related to math and find

Pea Ridge High School (PRHS) has long prided itself of being a high achieving school in academics; it is number six in the state for the 2013-2014 school year. Since the implementation of the Common Core Standards, PRHS has found itself having to reteach educators to use the literacy standards because most in the non-literacy/math disciplines still use the Arkansas Frameworks. Not only has the literacy standards been an arduous task to implement in the literacy areas, the high school struggles with the concept of teaching literacy in the areas that are not necessarily considered literacy areas. According to the schools’ Arkansas Consolidated School Improvement Plan (ACSIP) of which the author of this essay and project is the literacy chair for the high school, two things that is essential and requires immediate implementation in all areas is the teaching of literacy and closing the achievement gap for the target groups which are considered lower socioeconomic (free/reduced lunch), minorities, and English language learners. In an effort to ease the minds of the educators and administration, this project was instituted to help those of history, science, art, physical education, and other areas to implement the literacy standards assigned by the state. It also gives assistance and clarification for those not only in the literacy

My placement, at Alexander Goode Elementary School, is in Kindergarten and does not have a Science curriculum. While talking to my cooperating teacher, Ms. Gifford, she informed me they are so focused on getting behavior under control in the beginning of the year. Also, students enter the classroom with little phonemic awareness and prior knowledge to literacy concepts.

I’m writing an analysis of “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison. It is told from the first person point of view. This is a story about a young African American named Ralph Ellison, who is trying to be accepted by white society. He is offered the opportunity to read his speech he had written for his graduation at a gathering of the town’s leading white citizens (p.286). Ralph Ellison is told that he should partake in the Battle Royal before giving his speech as part of the entertainment. The Battle Royal is a fight in which several young African American boys are blindfolded, given boxing gloves, and forced to fight each other until one person is left standing in a boxing arena. There are no time

Kujawa, S., & Huske, L. (1995). The Strategic Teaching and Reading Project guidebook (Rev. ed.). Oak Brook, IL: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

To be an adequate teacher to students all teachers need to understand the basics of literacy and numeracy to enable them to convey the curriculum sufficiently and accurately. “In an increasingly complex world, being able to read, write, add, subtract, divide and multiply is crucial” (Rankine, 2013, p.3).

On Monday, March 22, I was given the opportunity to assess Graysen on his literacy skills. Graysen is a very sweet boy and his excitement to learn is evident. Graysen was given an assessment called a Phonological Awareness Survey, which looks at his letter and sound fluency, as well as his ability to identify compound words, syllable words, initial and final phonemes, and blending phonemes. Graysen excelled in blending and segmenting phonemes. He also showed great strength in combining syllables to form whole words. The following are some observations from the assessment. A couple of issues stood out that I will address during our weekly intervention sessions. Please find my comments below:

For most of the 20th century implementation of the most effective reading programs has been the primary topic of discussion among educators, administration and policy makers alike. In more recent years the implementation of a “balanced framework” of literacy has been the focus in the classroom setting. In this reflection piece I will define balanced literacy, reflect upon a recently implemented lesson plan based upon this framework as well as offer next steps moving forward in the elementary reading classroom setting.

This literacy gap affects students’ abilities to access core textbooks and communicate and write effectively within the various subject areas. The literacy gap catches up to many of our students as they enter high school and feel overwhelmed by the challenges of increasing academic standards and more difficult vocabulary. Because they not only lack the language that will help them access and understand their classes, many students struggle with content-area reading and writing in these subjects. This could be an easy fix if the instructors that stood before these students were able to take the mastery of their content and adapt it as it deems appropriate for the young minds they are partly responsible for. Children who lack the academic language of school struggle to meet literacy requirements, and they often feel overwhelmed in the classroom. This is just the beginning of the spiral because once the students have met that stage of being overwhelmed, they often begin thinking of the short term way of dealing with this, which could be anything from completely giving up and having the grades that show this or actually dropping out.

Reviewing the literature. Relevant information, facts, and resources from articles published in educational peer-reviewed journals, books, and research databases will be selected and summarized to substantiate this initiative. Obviously, online databases will be used as a primary source to find literature related to the goals of this initiative. The findings of this section will serve as the bedrock or scientific foundation of this proposed initiative. It will show that its results will add to the existing knowledge of professional development to improve high school mathematics teachers’ pedagogy.

The activities within the lesson plan and sequence have been integrated for the diverse need in student experience and learning. By incorporating activities that promote, verbal, interpersonal, physical, visual and symbolic mathematical thinking students are able to better make connections with the content when learning. Furthermore it allows for variance in levels of learning, engaging and catering for all students learning. By encouraging students to think mathematically we need to engage all aspects of intelligence (Fisher, 2005), therefore by providing students with a diverse variety of activities students are consequently able to find their own processes/pattern/relationship for thinking and learning mathematics.

Literacy level and educational attainment are main development indicators in development nation like India. Better literacy and educational level definitely have a positive impact on the health and other development index India is the largest democracy in the world. (Dr. Dinesh Das 2012) According to Census 2011, there are 1.2 billion people in the country, out of which, about 833 million people live in rural areas. Census 2011 data on disability has not been announced yet United Nations observed that 10% of the population has disability and there are about 120 million people with disabilities in India. Disability is difficult to define since it varies in type, form and intensity. Understanding disability will require understanding of these differences. As per the World Health Organization; Disability is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, impairment is a problem in body function of structure; an activity limitation is difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations. Thus disability is a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives. (J Franz and B Adkins, 2014) According census 2001 there was over 21 million people in Indian as suffering from some kind of disabilities. This is equivalent to 2.1% of