Anisha Spellman Benchmark Assessment: Language Arts Unit Plan Grand Canyon University: EED-525 November 27, 2013 “Learning to read and reading to learn” is a quote that one of the schools in my district uses to help motivate reading in all students and their families. I believe reading is an important aspect of all lives. What exactly would the world be like without the reading? It is crucial that we teach this to all of the little children while they are young and trying to learn. The more they practice and the more teachers and parents instill this in their minds, the better they will become.
I think the aim of literacy is to teach children/young people the ability to understand the English language both verbally and non-verbally. Children/young people should be encouraged to explore the way the English language works for example through phonics for vocabulary, reading, writing and spelling, this will help children and young people to have the knowledge to be able to read, write and spell with confidence. Children and young people will be able to expand their vocabulary through holding literacy skills. Being a secondary school the school has an English department that teaches literacy to student from year 7 (key stage 3) through to year 13 (A level), students have 3 hours of English a week up to the end of their GSCS’s, A level English students would have 5 hours a week. We also have core studies, which are run by HLTA in the learning support department.
Professor Kamerman ENG 301 28 June 2009 Accelerated Reader Program: Benefit or Detriment Reading is vital to literacy; knowing how to read is necessary and assures success in most fields of work. Reading helps with writing as well; a person who reads more than they play games or watch television will find it much easier to come up with the words necessary to express their thoughts and ideas in writing. Teaching children to read is the beginning to providing them with the tools they need for a successful life, academically and in their careers. The purpose here is to explore the Accelerated Reader/Reading Renaissance (AR/RR) program and discuss whether it truly is beneficial to students by providing them with the opportunity to progress
I have the opportunity to reread what I have written and then make corrections so that the point that I am getting at is full understood by the reader. I learned to do this from trial and error. I found that more people understand my writing as opposed to me talking directly to them sometime. C) Some symbols that people use to communicate are Morris code. They also use sign language.
4. Research Questions What are you proposing to investigate? How daily storytelling sessions engage and motivate pupils in Literacy lessons and how they will improve Literacy among children as the style and structure of stories and poems becomes embedded within their learning. 5. Methodology What research approach or strategy are you intending to use?
Teachers need to look at their ELL students as individuals with background knowledge, a culture, and prior knowledge. The goal of bilingualism is to teach the student English while appreciating their native culture including their ability to speak, read and write in their home language. Students, who continue to develop their native language while acquiring the English language, learn the second language faster. Due to this fact it is very important to get the student's parents involved in the education of their child, and to create a working relationship with their
LaTonya Rule September 15, 2012 EED470 Professor Oros Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Chart Defining Five Elements of Reading: Phonemic Awareness | The knowledge and manipulation of sounds in spoken words. | Phonics | The relationship between written and spoken letters and sounds. | Reading Fluency | The ability to read with accuracy and with appropriate rate, expression, and phrasing. | Vocabulary Development | The knowledge of words, their definitions, and context. | Reading Comprehension | The understanding of meaning in text: * Scientifically based research * Classroom- based screening, and instructional and diagnostic reading assessments * Should provide ongoing, high-quality professional development focused on essential elements of reading.
Oral History Report Part One Learning to read and write is critical to a child’s success in school and later in life. Children learn to use symbols, combining their oral language, pictures, print, and play into a coherent mixed medium and creating and communicating meanings in a variety of ways. From their initial experiences and interactions with adults, children begin to read words, processing letter-sound relations and acquiring substantial knowledge of the alphabetic system. As they continue to learn, children increasingly consolidate this information into patterns that allow for automaticity and fluency in reading and writing. Consequently reading and writing acquisition is conceptualized better as a developmental continuum than as an
Comprehension Strategies Essay Landon Hayes Grand Canyon University: EED-525 January 30, 2013 Introduction There are many different comprehension strategies that teachers can use to help facilitate learning in their classroom. For many decades there has been research done that shows comprehension strategy instruction works with a variety of learners. Research has found that teaching comprehension strategies in the classroom has helped students to better understand text. Comprehension strategies can be especially helpful when learning narrative, expository and poetic text. Narrative Text Narrative text are stories that tell “what happened, who did what to whom and why.” (Dymock, p.161, 2007) Research has showed that narrative text is usually easier to understand when the text is well organized using a story grammar.
As soon as the stage of fluent word recognition is reached, the child reads effortlessly and can focus on comprehension. Since in English in most cases the vowel determines the pronunciation of the syllable, the quick and effortless recognition of the orthographic syllables, patterns and phonograms are crucial. Without this skill, the letters will be individual elements and patterns will not be evident, as a result they will not be recognized by the reader. The benefit of good phonics instruction is automatic word recognition. This tool enables the reader to recognize a number of words automatically and also to use the acquired word attack skills in unknown words (ABLE KIT p.15).