The more they practice and the more teachers and parents instill this in their minds, the better they will become. Perfect practice, makes perfect. Most people would probably have trouble with trying to remember how they learned to read. I would have to say that I am a person who loves to read and I think that is it really an amazing thing. Also, I am someone who is involved in education and research and I think that it is amazing how learning to read is said to be a talent that it potentially impossible.
Positive messages about their families, background, cultures and languages help children to develop pride in who they are. These messages also give them confidence to voice their views and opinions, to make choices, and to help shape their learning. The book ‘Possum Magic’ would be appropriate for Stage 1 (Year 1) students. I feel for the desired outcome this is a great age for building confident exercises and to help develop the child’s identity and to introduce an open mind thinking. 2.
The book uses a selection of printed numbers and pictures to represent different numbers. I enjoyed how the pages were cut in half; the top half being printed numbers and the second half being colourful fruits. I chose this book as I love that it encourages the children to join in and teaches them how to correspond printed numbers with objects, it also provides children with a fun activity. The illustrations are brightly coloured and bold to entice the children and I can appreciate that there are many activities that can extend the main focus of this book; therefore it is a practical book to use within settings. The only main implications I have with this book is the format; you have to flip between the pages to match the numbers up with.
The author found several tips for note taking for read/write that would be beneficial such as rewriting notes into outline form or lists, rereading notes, and organizing lists into multiple choice questions for studying. (VARK a guide to learning styles, n.d.) The author enjoyed taking the VARK assessment and learning about her learning style. As the author is comfortable with her study habits at this time she does not anticipate making changes at this time. However it has made her more aware of how others process information and how
| Book Review | | English 135 | | Book Review | | English 135 | Professor Lisa Shuchter July 22, 2012 Professor Lisa Shuchter July 22, 2012 A good book to me is one that can catch my attention from the first sentence and keep my attention throughout the entire book. I love well written books that I can visualize with as I am reading. I love an author that can use words and phrases to keep me guessing throughout the book, it gives me the urge to want to know what is going to happen next. I want to keep reading to get to the end to fully understand what the author’s purpose is. I love a story that is very detailed because it gives me the chance to place myself in the story and really get into it.
Not only does it break through the adolescent barriers and builds a cooperative group, it helps their learning process tremendously. What was interesting about Goodwille’s book was she offered teachers a variety of ideas and strategies for dealing with group attitudes and individual needs. Also, she
VARK is a magnificent tool online that simply helps identify the different types of learning styles that are out there and helps guide individuals in the right path as far as learning goes. VARK stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write, and last but not least Kinesthetic. Visual, Aural, and Read/write mean exactly what they say. These individuals learn best by doing just that. Visual learners need to see things in order to learn, aural learners are better when they hear the information, and reading/writing learners perform best reading information and writing it down.
Stephen King was saying that confidence in prose will grow along with reading. King mentions that even reading bad books can be just as helpful as reading the great works of literature. These poorly written works can help the reader see and learn what not to do. For example, “Characters sat down to supper aboard their
In most cases once I get the visual the paper makes more sense and easier to understand. Ms. Newton agreed with her results as well. People with the Read/Write learning preference in most cases are good writers and learn best through words. Ms. Newton mentioned that she loves using her dictionary or the
You can also see if the children have any books at home. If you see that a child is without something, this can help you know to send books home with certain children so they are getting just as much literacy practice as another child. Also, by visiting your students’ families, it makes the children more comfortable to open up to you in writing about things they are going through. They won’t be ashamed to share something that is on their heart about their family because they know you have met their family. It makes them feel like you understand them better.