Posts Tagged ‘K-3’
Meet the Experts: Phyllis C. Hunter (Teaching Reading)
Teaching reading is a critical task for educators. Reading can be the gateway to new worlds for students and guide them on the path to success. Phyllis C. Hunter describes the skill as a new civil right. Hunter, a former classroom teacher and school administrator, shares her experiences and highlights the need for research-based reading programs in schools today. She also shares the importance for children to have solid reading skills by the third grade. Formore information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle, visit www.readingrockets.org. Reading Rockets is a national education service of public television station WETA. Funding is provided by a grant from the US
Effective Literacy Practices – Making It Easy to Learn
Teachers build on a child’s strengths to create situations where the child will experience success in early literacy learning.
Effective Literacy Practices – Learning About Phonology & Orthography
Teachers explore ways that children learn about relationships between letters of written language and sounds of spoken language.
Effective Literacy Practices – Assessing Through Close Observation
Teachers discover that close, systematic observation is a way to assess rapid changes in literacy learning of young children.
Effective Literacy Practices – Phrasing in Fluent Reading
Teachers explore aspects of fluent reading, including the importance of phrased reading for young literacy learners.
Effective Literacy Practices – Teaching for Transfer – Strategic Activity
An exploration of strategic reading activities initiated by children and actions teachers can take to encourage those behaviors.
Meet the Experts: G. Reid Lyon (Reading Today)
There are many factors that can contribute to reading success. Not only is proper reading instruction necessary at school, but what parents do at home has a great influence as well. G. Reid Lyon describes reading as a crucial skill today, and emphasizes the factors needed for success. Reading is not a natural process, but when both parents and teachers take responsibility, success can be achieved. Formore information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle, visit www …
Meet the Experts: G. Reid Lyon (The Reading Process)
Reading is a constellation of complex processes, which can be tough to manage for a beginning reader. G. Reid Lyon identifies the processes involved in reading, and describes how each is crucial for reading success. Two commonly confused terms, phonics and phonemic awareness, are defined and exemplified. Lyon also emphasizes the emotion involved in success and failure for beginning readers. Formore information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle, visit www …