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The primary instructional tool that teachers use to teach children to learn to read is referred to as the Core Reading Program. Core material will be used by the majority of elementary children, but teachers also use many supplemental materials as enrichment for some children and as reinforcement of basic skills for students who struggle.Continue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson Chapter 13 – Instructional Materials”

Encouraging students to read and write and integrating various texts create a community of readers. The idea of a community of readers to characterize how students, in alliance with their friends and teacher, work together in classrooms in which school reading becomes like adult reading, where adults are motivated to read. In these classrooms, studentsContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson Chapter 12 – Bringing Children and Text Together”

Relationships Between Reading and Writing and Research – Supported by new knowledge about literacy development, today’s teachers recognize that when young children are engaged in writing, they are using and manipulating written language. In doing so, children develop valuable concepts about print and how messages are created. There is compelling historical evidence to suggest thatContinue reading “ENG ED 370 – Virginia Wilson Chapter 11 – Reading-Writing Connections”

Informational Text is explanatory in nature and conveys factual information meant to increase an individual’s knowledge of subject matter. Varieties include: textbooks, technical texts (such as how-to’s), manuals, newspaper and magazine articles, reports, summaries, and online resources, as well as books about science, history, social studies, and the arts. Content learning also requires an understandingContinue reading “EngEd 370 – Virginia Wilson Chapter 10 – Comprehending Informational Text”

Minilessons allow teachers to take the mystery out of comprehension and learning by sharing insights and knowledge students might otherwise never encounter. Explicit strategy lesson create a framework that provides the instructional support students need to become aware of, use, and develop control over comprehension skills and strategies. Literature that tells a story is consideredContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson Ch.9 Comprehending Narrative Text”

There are three hypothesis that are used to explain the relationship between vocabulary and comprehension: Aptitude hypothesis; Knowledge hypothesis and Instrumental hypothesis. All three have merit in explaining the relationship between word knowledge and comprehension. The implications of the aptitude and knowledge hypothesis signal the importance of reading aloud to children and immersing them inContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson – Chapter 8- Vocabulary Knowledge and Concept Development”

Fluency means reading easily and well. The essential characteristic of fluency is the ability to decode and comprehend at the same time. The less important characteristics are accuracy and speed. There are 3 dimensions to fluency: Accuracy in word reading. Automatic processing. Prosody or prosodic reading (intonation, pitch, stress, pauses, and durations) Effective fluency instructionContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson Ch. 7 Reading Fluency”

Word Identification means putting a name or label on words that are encountered in print. Word recognition is a process that involves immediate identification of a word. It can be referred to as sight-word recognition or sight vocabulary. Learning to read words rapidly involves making associations between particular spellings, pronunciations, and meaning by applying knowledgeContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson Ch. 6 Word Identification”

Assessment in Reading involves understanding and appreciating how children interact with print in authentic reading situations and why. High-Stakes Testing is a result of the Every Student Succeeds Act (2015) in which states are responsible for submitting accountability plans to the US DOE. These plans must address proficiency on tests, closing gaps in achievement, andContinue reading “ENGED 370 – Virginia Wilson – Ch 5. Assessing Reading Performance”

Emergent Literacy is a term used at the preK level and is a concept that supports learning to read as a result of a home environment where children begin learning about reading and writing from birth by observing and interacting with adults and other children as they use literacy in their everyday lives in meaningfulContinue reading “Virginia Wilson – ENGED 370 – Chapter 4 – Foundations of Language and Literacy”