Dyslexia

1. What are the components of reading instruction? Reading is an essential skill required to be proficient in any subject. Decoding and word recognition allow learners to “recognize most words with little effort(Vaughn & Bos, 2015, p. 17)”. There are many components of reading instruction and according to the text they are phonological awareness, letter-sound correspondence, alphabetic principle, word identification, decoding, word study, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension(Vaughn

From a young age writing helped me get my point across, or helped me in remembering important times. Through writing, I spoke my mind without a syllable leaving my mouth. This non-verbal interaction was a blessing that I was grateful for. From a young age, I loathed speaking in front of people, I still do but not to that extent. Why did I hate it so much? From around second grade to sixth grade, I took speech therapy for stuttering, combined with stage fright and you can see why I hated talking in

Does the impact of teacher instructional technology with new literacy instruction improve elementary (K-5) student achievement in reading vocabulary? Create 8-10 interview questions that would allow you to gather relevant information as a case study. When creating your questions, be sure to include a minimum of 6 open-ended questions. Include an introductory paragraph stating your interview approach Introduction: I would interview the teachers in at least two different schools in my district

Facing Your Writing Problems Oliver J Shields-Nordness University of North Dakota Facing Your Writing Problems John Edgar Wideman’s “Our Time” a chapter from Brother and Keepers is a very interesting essay explaining the hardships of living in a place like Homeland back in the 50’s. Wideman tells his story through his mother, his brother Robby, and himself bringing up throughout the story the troubles he faces as a writer. Wideman faces the issue of keeping out his own bias as he listens to

Many parents enjoy reading their children short stories. In these short stories parents’ read their children, besides the instant entertainment, there is an underlying message to educate and perhaps teach a lesson. Some children’s favorite types of short stories are fables, parables, and tales. Many people do not know that these three types of short stories vary greatly in their individual characteristics, the type of story they tell, and their purpose. The fable, parable, and tale all have differentiating

The Importance of Reading Growing up throughout the years it goes from teachers reading books to your class to books getting assigned to you to read independantly. Most of the books assigned would be so boring and pointless to read. Normally when I got assigned a book I would just read through it trying to comprehend some parts of it. I never tried to enjoy it or show an interest in the book. Reading to me was not something I ever enjoyed doing. I did not like reading for pleasure and for class assignments

When I was in elementary and middle school, I loved to read. I could spends hours on end reading about Harry Potter, Greek Mythology, and A Series of Unfortunate Events. One of my favorite things to do was going to the Round Rock Public Library, picking up several books, and immersing myself in the pages of text. As a kid, I could spend countless hours flipping the pages and scrawling through the texts as the hero often overcame the many obstacles that stood in his way. I loved to read for my personal

As a child, I was well known as the shy girl with her nose stuck in a book. It wasn’t until middle school that I learned to be outgoing, and to enjoy the company of others more. I decided as a seventh grader that if I was going to grow as a person, I eventually needed to understand how to communicate with others better. Now is always the best time to start learning, so I launched myself out of my comfort zone and applied for both National Junior Honors Society and Student Council. To my delight I

Audio-Aided Reading Method as Instructional Scaffold Audio-aided reading method has been used as an effective instructional intervention for students with learning disabilities and with struggling readers. According to Evans (2010) instructional scaffolding is an instructional method that has been proven to be successful with students with learning disabilities and poor performing readers. Evans (2010) provided an overview of Audio-Assisted Reading in which a student who has difficulty reading

Reading and writing have many connections when it comes to everyday life and school. Students would do better with by both reading and writing being taught together instead of separately rather than being taught as two separate lessons. The article lists and discuss multiple ways for teachers to integrate both reading and writing into their lessons. The article The Reading and Writing connection: Merging Two Reciprocal Content Areas discuss the connection of reading and writing. It also discusses