Comprehension Essay

Response Reflection Motivation is the hook to engaging struggling readers. When considering the reflections of others in the class, common threads are noted throughout all three reflections. Common threads included: self-selection of reading materials (autonomy), hands on activities, culturally relevant, appropriate reading levels, social reading with friends, and positive relationships with instructors. As we studied earlier in the course, the case study interviews, positive teacher relationships

Reading Ourselves and the World Around Us 1. I think that Manguel believes that meanings come from people. At the beginning of the reading, Manguel describes how he learned to read. He went into great detail of how the boy from the book, was used to recognize the word boy. This is an example of how he used his personal meanings and interpretations to learn to recognize and read words. 2. Yes, I agree with Manguel because there are many different ways to read something. I believe that reading is

From this experience, I learned several different things about teaching emergent literacy learners. The first thing I learned through this experience was if there are too many people standing around the child while they are doing an activity they may feel overwhelmed and nervous. For example; the child I was talking to was very shy when a lot of people were standing over her, but as soon as some observers left and went to another child, she started to draw and talk. The second idea I learned during

In re-examining the standards tested on the AHSGE, I’ve made a few observations that I would like to bring to your attention. Please read the following document carefully. You may find that the information will be helpful to you as you plan instruction to enable your students to pass the Reading and Language sections of the AHSGE. Reading 1. About ½ of the reading tested on the AHSGE comes from textual and functional reading NOT literature that is typically found in a literature or reading textbook

In chapter eight of their book, Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, Vacca et al. (2014, pp. 238-279) discuss “developing vocabulary and concepts” in the class room. The authors present numerous strategies throughout this chapter and real world examples of them in action in a classroom. This chapter contains a plethora of information that is invaluable to the classroom teacher who is preparing students to understand the challenging vocabulary words they will be reading

1. Identify the presenting problem in this case. The presenting problem in this case is Janis defiant behavior. 2. What other possible problems do you suspect? • Other possible problems could be some sort of abuse that is triggering her rebellious attitude. This abuse could be sexual, physical or emotional. • Another possible problem could be she is struggling in school and unable to keep up with her peers. • Janis could have a psychological problem. • Anger management problems. 3. What

I administered math and oral reading fluency probes to Braelynn Muller as part of this curriculum-based measurement assignment. Braelynn is six years old and in the first grade this year. For the math, I gave three probes, testing her on the addition of two one-digit numbers that have sums up to 18. She received two minutes to complete as many problems as she could. In addition, I assessed her oral reading fluency by having her read three different excerpts from various first grade level texts. She

The contrasting perspectives of the two passages, “CliffsTestPrep” by Jerry Bobrow (2006) and “The Place of Phonics in Learning to Read and Write” by Marie Emmitt (2013), address the issue of the importance of phonemic awareness in reading and writing scores. Bobrow believes that phonemic awareness is important to understand since it affects reading scores. Emmitt however, argues that there is no evidence that phonemic awareness has a major impact on reading achievement. Bobrow discusses the

When reading chapter 3, Organizing for Word Study, I learned a lot about word study such as organizing materials for it, leading word studies, and setting up routines for it. I didn't realize how much would go into organizing word sorting and word study. There is a lot for a teacher to think about and different ways students can do sorting as well. I really liked where the chapter talked about how humans sort all the time in order to make sense of the world (Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, and Johnston

5. Analyzing Details Data Collection The data collection will be based upon an observation process about the students reading and writing skills in a qualitative method. Teachers should observe students reading and writing assignments to ensure that students are learning proficient skills. The purpose of my literacy project is to motivate students and help them engage in reading and writing projects. The kinds of activities that students will