1.
How can you ensure that your struggling readers have access to
texts they can easily read?
a. As
a teacher you want to find the correct reading level for all of your students.
If you have any students that struggle at reading you can help them by
identifying what the student associates with, what their interests are, what
their personal background might be, and so on. If a student can connect with
what they are reading they will be more likely to gain interest and become more
fluent in reading any text down the road. Once their level is identified you
can also create a classroom library that categories various books into
different levels into different bins. This allows students to be able to have
access to the text at their level and focus on their interests.
2.
How can you foster a learning environment in which students have
many opportunities to practice reading?
a. Every
school is going to have a different opportunity to access texts. From what I
have seen in my observations is that many teachers pass down a class library to
the next teacher, adding to what the new teacher might be bringing in, allowing
the library to grow. The students then have a wide range of books to pick from,
enhancing their learning environment. In the video, they discussed how you
could buy 25 of the same books covering one the same topic or you could buy 25
different books covering the same topic in different ways. I found this to be very factual and
beneficial to the students.
3.
Describe ways in which you can model fluent reading in your
classroom throughout the day.
a. I
have often seen students finish an assignment early and take out whatever book
they have in the desk and just start reading. I think that is a great practice
to instill in students because they are consistently practicing their fluency. To
me it says “If you have free time, or finish before your classmates, pick up a
book and enlighten yourself!” It also helps to keep students from distracting
one another.
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