EDLI635 Theory and Practice of Literacy Instruction

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  After conducting a running record on Devorah Y., it was noted that she had a 95% accuracy. She tended to skip words like a and the and skipping endings of words. This is because Devorah gets ahead of herself and reads too fast. This lesson focuses on this issue. Fluency Mini-Lesson:   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.B Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.   This lesson will be about focusing on individual words in a text in order not to skip or substitute words.   Give the students a story in list form. Give the student a big card with a hole the size of one word so the student only sees one word at a time. Have the student go down the list and read each word slowly. Next, read the list without the covering, but still slowly and purposefully. Next, have the student read the full story in a regular format focusing on reading slow and do a running record. Note any improvement.

How does this activity engage students who are at different levels of literacy development? The students read along with the teacher. This promotes fluency especially for the struggling students since they can see where they are going wrong. During her explicit phonics lesson, how does Ms. Perez support students’ problem-solving skills? Students are encouraged to recall previously acquired skills and use them in the present situation. Based on what you saw in the video, what are the different ways that shared reading can be used to promote literacy? Shared reading helps students become more fluent readers. The teacher also has students interact with each other. Why does she think it’s important for students to verbalize their strategies? What else do you notice about how she helps students build meaning in text? When students have to verbalize their strategies, it makes them think about it and put it down clearly. The teacher has students predict and use context clues to guess missing ...

Becoming a teacher is an important responsibility that I do not take lightly. It is important to have clear educational goals and meaningful ways to achieve them. I believe learning should be enjoyable for the students, the material should be remembered by them, and teachers should be knowledgeable about what they teach. Learning should be an exciting activity for students. Students should look forward to learning new things. Through following the learning theory of constructivism, learning can become a more engaging experience. Constructivism is a learning theory that “equates learning with creating meaning from experiences”. This translates into creating interactive lessons. Students should be involved, not just listening to a boring lecture. A teacher’s job is to gently lead students along to reach their own conclusions. Technology is a great tool to apply this in the classroom. A good example of technology helping with the use of constructivism in the classroom is the lemonade game...

Learning outcomes: The students are supposes to become better readers through this lesson. I think that by reading a book and looking for phrases to transfer to a poem it helps them learn about genres, but it may take away from the focus of the original book. The teacher reads the book to the class first without looking for phrases so that will help the comprehension of the book and only then will they learn about poems, which is great. Learning activities: This is a group activity where the students share their thoughts in a group setting and then perform. This is great for the speaking part of the common core standards. Instructional grouping: This is a class project. The students as a group are volunteering verses for the poem and then the class performs as a group. Group-work is great, however the teacher had to ensure that everyone's voices are being heard and that everyone os contributing and feels a part of the project. Instructional procedures: The teacher models first and ...

English language arts is one of the most important skills that students will learn in their school years. It encompasses reading, writing, language, speaking, listening and language. These are the five basics which are necessary to survive socially and intellectually in the world out there. The common core standards enumerate clear goals for each of these components.  All five skills listed above are all connected and interdependent on each other. Reading requires the student to have good language skills. When a student reads it is important to make sure they have proper comprehension. How do we do that? Through assessments. During assessment, we have students speak or write. Writing skills depend on reading skills. If a child doesn't read well, they probably won't write well either. All in all, these skills are very important to ensure literacy success in students.

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