My Literacy Journal Analysis

The student I worked with is in 5th grade. We did a DRA on a story called “Cry Foul”. This is a great assessment to assess a student’s reading ability in order to enhance his or her literacy achievement. I learned many things about my student that he likes to read adventurous books and books regarding sports. He wants to become a better reader by enhancing his understanding and vocabulary of the text. It’s also a bit difficult for him since English is his second language and a year ago he was taking ESL classes. It’s amazing that he has great goal settings that determines that he wants to become a better reader. The things that I observed about the student is that his oral reading is fluent since he had about three miscues in which one was

Addison read a narrative and an expository passage at Level P, “Plenty of Pets” a narrative passage and then an expository passage, “Animal Instincts”. Addison read both passages with 96% and 99% accuracy respectively. She scored satisfactory on both passages. When reading Level Q, she read a nonfiction passage, “Not Too Cold for a Polar Bear” with 97% accuracy and excellent comprehension. At Level R, she read with 95% accuracy and satisfactory for comprehension, although it is deliberate and arduous. However, when Addison read a narrative and expository text Level S, “Could Be Worse” and “Amazing Animal Adaptations”, reading both passages below 95% accuracy. When considering a fluency score, Addison primarily reads in three and four word groups, however it is not smooth and lacks expression with a slow rate most of the time. Aimweb progress monitoring data were considered to determine Addison’s correct word per minutes. According to the data, Addison’s word recognition skills significantly impacts her ability to read fluently, thus causing frustration. She is currently being progressed monitored at a third grade level, indicating she falls near the thirty third percentile when compared to third grade students nationally, reading a median of 109 correct words per minute.

On another test, she would be given a sentence to read with one word in bold, then a second sentence would be provided with a similar word. Lisa needed to pick the word in the second sentence that was as close as possible to the meaning of the word in bold from the first sentence. Lisa scored below average on each of these subtests, which means she has difficulty being able to understand what she has read. She may be struggling with this skill due to the difficulty she has in decoding words and her fluency. Lisa spends so much time trying to read that she isn’t able to comprehend what she has read. But, she has begun to understand this

In the last chapter we read about literary sponsors so I am going to start there then go into my analysis of a writing experience. Literacy sponsors help people in many ways, they help people define themselves and learn about most things in life when you think about it. Everybody we meet teaches us something about a situation. Sometimes good and sometimes bad, it just depends on how you look at it.

I learned a lot of things while planning this literacy night. First, I learn a lot about literacy night here in the U.S. Second, talking to the librarian was a great chance to improve my knowledge about those events and how to do it and what it attracts students and parents to attend the event. I also learn that it would be very good to engage parents with their children to give them opportunities to become more involved in schools. Also, event like this would make children motivation to read increases. I also appreciate the hard work that librarians do to give families and their children positive chance to have fun and read together. They spend their extra time to organizing and planning for events like that. So we should thank them and reward

Prior performing the activity, I took the time to read and collect more information about reading strategies and problems students encounter in their classroom’s reading activities. For my try it yourself activity, I chose the retention activity where the objective was to read and retain what I have read. In this activity I was asked to read a paragraph about the Oxygen Theory, then I had to answer three questions according to the passage.

The goal we set for the next assessment, was for him to be able to restate what the passage was about back to me. I reminded the student that he read 87 of the 89 words he read accurately. I discussed with him that because we worked on his comprehension in the weeks leading up to the second assessment he improved both his comprehension and his scores on the second assessment. I explained that he read 102 or 100% of the words accurately on the second assessment improving his total words read in one minute by 15. I explained to him that his comprehension helped him to better figure out unknown words by using what he knew the passage was about to help him figure out new or unfamiliar

After taking the student through the instructional material, she was able to meet the criterion for the objective. During the initial assessment I was able to determine that the incorrect response for identifying the front and back of the book was due to a lack of knowledge of the vocabulary. Therefore, a brief lesson on the unfamiliar words was sufficient for the student to be able to master the concept. I ensured that the student was able to pronounce the words, recognize them when spoken by another, and understand that they apply to more than books. After which, she was able to correctly identify the parts of the materials independently.

Fortunately, there are many ways to specialize a master of education in literacy. This is because literacy is becoming more important as educators and the public realize that literacy aptitude is closely linked with success in school, work and life. Therefore, there are many degree programs available for educators to gain a master of education in literacy and become a great academic asset in learning organizations.

The learning process is fundamental and we learn so much from our experiences. Better said, our literacy and understanding of anything comes from sources or sponsors. It can be a muse or stress from society telling you to take action. Multiple sponsors can further fuel a literacy. Deborah Brandt states that sponsors are “any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy—and gain advantage by it in some way.” (46) The sponsors in our lives can make situations difficult or easy and overall stimulate literacy. Literacy to me is the understanding of a subject to the extent that one can analyze and/or make solutions. This can include finding cures or

I plan to use IRI’s, running records, and benchmark text kits in my future classroom. I think they are all valuable tools to use to help my students grow as readers. Thinking back to what was covered in class and discussed about struggling readers I want to ensure that I am doing everything and are using every tool available to help my students become strong readers. Watching and listening to the video of Judy the struggling reader made me feel extremely terrible for her. I would never want one of my students to move that far through their education and still struggle so much with reading. Another decision that I have made about teaching literacy is finding out what types of literacy assessment and what book leveling system my prospective

Who needs literature? Why is reading and writing crucial to everyone's life? Can someone potentially become top CEO without the best critical thinking skills? The truth is they cannot. As years pass, literature is frown upon on by society. Statistics, authors and educators express their concerns in modern times. Critical thinking is the most important part of attending university. Literature is the foundation of knowledge for everyone and everything. It is more than just words; it is what we need to succeed in life.

In all three articles, the main message that they are trying to address is the importance of English literacy skills and how they assist people in the outside world. For starters, English literacy skills can indicate a person’s quality of work and job performance. An example of this is shown when Kyle Wiens compares the results from his employees’ grammar tests with the results from their work, saying, “I’ve found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing.” The comparison shows that the employees who are able to present better work quality are generally those with more advanced English literacy skills, signifying the importance of these skills

Literature, is a very educational required curriculum in school it can also be known as a Genre or classes like this one for example English. I know reading and writing are composed of similar qualities. Therefore, one cannot work without the other. These two reading and writing fall back on one another because without reading, writing would be very difficult. I feel that being literal is important for everyday life to communicate, to socialize (etc.) because people everywhere communicate with one another or like to read. I realized whether if it’s a text on a smartphone or if your just reading instructions for a new telescope. Reading and writing are everywhere we look, I encourage everyone to read because it really helps expand your language!

I was a little apprehensive about this project because it challenged me to do something I have never done before, identify a student’s difficulties in reading, asses their ability and create interventions for the student. Reading is such a tremendous skill and there are so many factors that contribute to the success of an independent reader. While working with my student I realized how vital recognizing difficulty in reading is for some readers. I learned how to asses areas such as comprehension, listening comprehension, fluency, oral reading, phonemics, vocabulary, spelling and phonics. The process of reading is like a jig-saw puzzle. You must fit all of the pieces (areas listed above) together in order to see the whole picture. My