Monday, March 12, 2012
Week 7- Reading Fluency and Word Development
Sara
Wieder 3/12/12
WEEK 7
Assignment #1
1) What texts and materials do teachers
have in their classrooms that support student’s level of fluent reading? Classrooms have a large variety of books on different
levels and topics. During independent reading, students can choose a book that
is on their level and interest. In this way, by reading books students can
develop their fluency. Teachers also encourage students to reread books they
already read to build fluency.
2) How do they select vocabulary to
teach in all areas of your curriculum?
Teachers usually select vocabulary that is pertaining to the topic at
hand or new words that students came across in book or story they are reading. Also,
teachers can choose words that they feel are important for students to know.
3) How much time do they allocate to
word study? In the school that I observed, every day the teacher would
introduce a new word and call on each child to read the word correctly. Then,
the teacher would explain the meaning of the word and provide an example of its
usage in a sentence or story. After, the teacher would place the new word on
the word wall for everyone to see. In addition, vocabulary was integrated into
the lessons and activities by teaching new words from stories the students were
reading.
4) What word study routines do they teach
and encourage students to use? The teacher
encouraged the student to look at the context of the sentence to understand the
meaning of a new and unfamiliar word. Also, with decoding words students were
encouraged to break up the word in letters so they can decode it easier.
5) How do they differentiate instruction
and tasks based on their students’ needs? The teacher designed different instructional
activities and groups based on students’ needs and abilities. The teacher
intervened and helped the students that needed extra help reading. Also, there
were books on all different levels so that every child can have an opportunity to
practice their reading.
Assignment #2
1) How can you ensure that your
struggling readers have access to texts that they can easily read? By providing
a wide range of books and texts on all different grade levels can give
struggling readers an opportunity to read a book without experiencing difficulty.
2) How can you foster a learning
environment in which students have many opportunities to practice reading? Integrating
reading activities into the lesson as much as possible and instilling a love
for reading into the students can create a learning environment that encourages
reading. Furthermore, independent reading or reading in small groups can be great
way to give students a chance to practice reading.
3) Describe ways in which you can model
fluent reading in your classroom throughout the day? I can read stories or
texts out loud to my class correctly, smoothly, and with proper expression. In this
way, I can model fluent reading and all students can learn the way to read
fluently.
Assignment #3
1) Explain the 3 levels of words and how
you can use word levels to decide which to teach? The 3 word levels are familiar
words, words that appear often and may be unfamiliar to some students, and
really difficult and technical words. The familiar words do not need to be
readdressed and explained. The second level words are the words that teachers
should focus on while teaching vocabulary. In particular, while reading a story
the teacher comes across a word that is unfamiliar to the students, she or he
should use this opportunity to teach the new word to the class. The highly
technical words can be left to chemistry or biology teachers to teach.
2) How do you teach your students to “chunk”
words as a strategy for decoding unfamiliar words? When do you provide this instruction? When
students read a difficult or unfamiliar word, I will instruct my students to separate
the word, read the middle; can you read this part of the word? I will encourage
my students to tear the word apart while trying to decode. I will use this
instruction while introducing new words or during an independent reading
activity and a student gets stuck on a word.
3) Based on Professor Allington’s comments
and the classroom examples, what are some ways you might foster word study in
your classroom? I will provide access to
many different texts and books on different levels so that all readers can practice
reading. Also, I will model fluent reading, encourage independent reading, and
encourage students to read the context of a sentence to understand unfamiliar words.
Furthermore, I will integrate vocabulary into the lessons by explaining new
words that students come across during reading. I will also teach my students
the strategy to “chunk” words. I hope that implementing these strategies into
my curriculum and designing my lessons in a way that builds word study, I will
give all students a greater chance for success and promote achievement!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Fluency and Phonics lesson plan
Sara
Wieder 2/26/2012
(I posted this mini lesson last week)
Building Meaning Lesson Plan
This student
is a great reader at an accuracy rate of 94%. However, she does need a little
practice with reading with meaning of the words. According to the running
record assessment, she frequently read “most” instead of “must”. In context
with the sentence it doesn’t really make sense.
To address this
student needs I will do a reading activity that will build meaning.
·
Choose
a book that’s easy and simple to comprehend, then with guided reading help the
student read with the meaning of the words.
·
After
each sentence I will ask questions- what did you read?
·
I
will cover some words in the story and ask the student to predict what the word
is based on what makes sense- what fits in the sentence according to the
meaning.
·
If
the student makes an error and it does not fit with the meaning of the
sentence, I will ask the student to repeat- does this word make sense in this
sentence.
·
Connections
of the story with real life experiences. I will ask the students has this ever
happened to you? What do you think it feels like to be this character?
Fluency
1) What did you learn about “reading
fluency”?
Reading fluently is the ability to read accurately and with proper speed
and expression. Developing fluency is a difficult task and involves decoding
words easily. Fluent readers decode words easily, so therefore they can
concentrate on the meaning of the text. Therefore, fluency is essential in
reading because there is a strong connection between fluency and comprehension.
2) How can you apply “fluency
assessment” in your classroom?
I will continuously assess my students on fluency by asking them to read
a text or story and evaluate their WCPM (words correct per minute) score. Based
on the assessment, I will use the data to plan my instruction. Students that
have difficulty decoding and are not fluent readers will receive intervention.
3) How will you plan your “fluency
instruction”?
I will plan my fluency instruction in a way that will meet the
needs of all students on their level and needs. On idea that I liked for the
video was the word web as tool that builds multiple meaning of words. I will
integrate the word web in my lessons to build fluency. In addition, I will also
implement repeated reading and model fluent reading which are great tools to
build fluency.
PHONICS LESSON PLAN
Grade Level:
Kindergarten
Standards:
New York State Common Core Learning Standards – English Language Arts and
Literacy:
Phonological
Awareness; Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds:
recognize and produce rhyming words.
Learning
Objectives; students will be able to recognize and read words that rhyme. Two,
forty minute lessons
·
Introduction
to the lesson- video with nursery rhymes; “Humpty Dumpty” and “Ten Little
Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” etc. Power
Point Presentation; pictures of a cat, hat, rat and bat. Ask the students- what
did you notice about the words?
·
Shared
Reading: Read the poem;
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the
fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such fun
and the dish ran away with the spoon!
Ask the students which words did you notice that sounds the same? Ask
students what is another word that sounds the same as cat? The teacher will
write the word cat and erase the first letter and add letter to “at” like mat,
rat, hat, sat, bat etc. Ask students to come up with their own examples for
dog.
·
Activity
#1; students will receive a chart with pictures that are rhyming words and they
will fill in the words.
·
Activity
#2: Matching- students will match pictures to the word –and recognize the
rhyme.
·
Activity
#3; independent reading; students will choose from a variety of books (like Dr.
Seuss books) and write down three sets of rhyming words from the book they
read.
·
Activity
#4: students will receive a sheet with sentences and they will fill in the
missing rhyming words
Advanced Learners can create their own nursery rhyme and present it to
the class.
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