What do good readers do?
Good readers have learned and understand the phonics of pronunciations of words, and words that are often used. Good readers love to read aloud, but that does not mean that they can comprehend the words or the meaning of the story. They may read faster than other students. As a teacher, I would like to provide the students with a vocabulary list of words from the book. As the student reads the book they will be able to look up words. I would look for the dependent readers and create a plan that will help the student that is having problems decoding words or reading slowly or not able to comprehend the meaning of the story. As a teacher I would provide varies forms of technology to help the students with the book; i.e. audible, read aloud and more.
These are important and lofty goals, ones that I am sure you will be able to do and surpass. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI like that you would incorporate technology in with the reading. I think too many times, we just want to keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Pulling in the technology could be really helpful to the struggling readers and give them confidence.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brittany. Bringing in technology is the way of the 21st century educator. Having Audible, iBook, or something along those lines can certainly give a boost for some students. I would press them to ensure if they are listening to a book, that they follow along with the actual book in front of them. I know some audiobook programs you can slow down the speed of the playback, pause, rewind, etc. All good things for a student to take the time needed to practice those difficult words, find definitions, or take notes.
ReplyDeleteI personally am not a fan of audio-books but I know that they can be useful along with other technology. I like having book-specific list of vocab words. The teacher I used to work with had this cool packet for her Outsiders unit that looked like an old gazette. It had lots of vocabulary related items that the student had to work on as he or she read the book which reinforced what was read and helped with some of the harder, older words from the time period.
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It sounds like you have a good plan for helping students read. It would be very helpful while reading to have a list of vocabulary words that are important to remember.
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