Orthography

“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imagination—something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.” – Katherine Patterson Reading is known as a complicated process of understanding written text. For this reason, reading cannot be developed through one simple strategy or component. In fact, reading is

Literature Review As many teachers search for new strategies and interventions to address the lack of fluency within their reading programs, Repeated Reading (RR) appears to be a topic of curiosity. RR is an evidenced based strategy designed to increase reading fluency and comprehension through the development of automatic word processing and contextualized linguistic effect (Winter, 2007). Similar to the text features on a cell phone, automatic word processing is the ability to detect and comprehend

Differentiation is the key for these students. All students may be working on the same objective, but for this group, the assignment will be given in a different style to accommodate their learning. This will help ensure that they complete understand the material being taught. The student may just need the process or the product of the material to be different. The distinction between below – average readers and severely disable readers is an important one. Wherever we as educators draw the line

1) Child profile data James is a nine-year old boy who is currently in year 3; he is of a Half Indigenous, half Australian background. James is one of four children; he lives with his siblings, his mother and father. James is taught within a normal classroom environment however; he receives additional support to improve his reading from a teaching assistant a few times a week. James’ strength in regards to his reading is he possesses good directional movement. However, James struggles with concentration

Elementary school teachers are constantly looking for a way to do things better. How can I engage my students in my instruction? How can I make their learning purposeful to their lives? How can I be more efficient in my planning and effective in my teaching? The Daily 5, a reading instruction program created by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, claims to be the answers to these questions. Boushey and Moser (2012) created the program after teaching and observing others’ literacy blocks. The program

Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension Focus Area Hugh Mackay States that “Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.” This quote by Hugh Mackay pretty much states what this paper is about. It will elaborate why fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension are important to all learners at all levels. As well as providing assessments in the areas of fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, which can be used to assess where learners are so that we can provide

Assessments illustrate the needs of our students while emphasizing strengths. For literacy, assessments serve as a window into the pupils’ knowledge and development. Assessments provide detail information of pupils’ weakness and strength in literacy (Afflerbach, 2012). It is important for the teacher to incorporate various assessments to compile a holistic view of the reader. When teachers can identify student strengths and weaknesses, they can make informed decisions to guide their teaching. At

Introduction Does the use of the Sound Cloud application, encourage students to read aloud? Literacy is fundamental for student’s education in school. Reading has part of education for many centuries and teachers need to remind students how much reading helps them increase their language skills which they will use in school and throughout their lives. Reading aloud can improve reading fluency, increase vocabulary, and foster comprehension skills. If certain students read aloud in the classroom,

The questions that are addressed by the researcher are: what are the components of elementary school classroom reading programs that promote the reading growth of students with reading difficulties? What are the strengths of these programs and how can these strengths be used to help educators design or implement other effective reading programs? The article discusses six classroom programs that help improve reading in struggling students. The researcher’s intention with writing the article was to

How did I learn to read? How many of you had the opportunity to look up to your parents for them to help you read or write? Did your parents read a book to you before bed every night? Studies say that children who get read to before bed have a better chance at becoming a better reader. Only one in three parents of children ages eight and under reads stories to their kids each night, according to a new survey by the literacy organization Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s. Having the parent(s)