EDLI635 Theory and Practice of Literacy Instruction

Candidate’s Name: Angelicia Ming Grade Level: Kindergarten Title of the lesson: Reading Fluency Length of the lesson: 4 days long; 30 min each day Central focus of the lesson (The central focus should align with the CCSS/content standards and support students to develop an essential literacy strategy and requisite skills for comprehending or composing texts in meaningful contexts) Students will improve their fluency by reading and will be able to predict and draw conclusions based on the pictures in the story.   In addition students will be able to build sight/sound associations to support key vocabulary. Key questions: ●     what do you want your students to learn? 1) Are students using context clues to read words 2) Are students fluency skills with the book affecting their comprehension skills ●     what are the important understandings and core concepts you want students to develop ...

Shared Reading On your  Observational Checklist  (PDF), note the Essential Components that are addressed during the first part of the shared reading activity. How does this activity engage students who are at different levels of literacy development? Some essential components include using sight words, high frequency words, rhyming words, and poems that are in the kid’s interest per week. Ms. Perez then pulls out phonics lessons from the group shared reading. Word walls are also included in the classroom where they can associate the vowel sound with a specific word. This activity engages students who are at different levels to allow students to be grouped and join in on the lesson even if they are on different levels of literacy development. It’s an interactive reading experience while guided and supported by the teacher and other experienced readers. Students can observe the expert reading with fluency and ...

          I liked that this lesson plan included exposure to different cultures by allowing the student to read and write about culture while gaining more knowledge that can be used for future references. This also ties into students developing an understanding of and respect for diversity in various areas within and outside the classroom. The only thing I would adjust about this lesson plan is listing effective tools that can be used to measure the progress of the students, such as creating student portfolios.

            After watching the video, Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices I was amazed at the underlying principles, teaching methods, and progression. As of today, classrooms are integrated with diverse language backgrounds and learning outcomes. Identifying the factors that positively and negatively impact student achievement is important when insuring diverse students have the literacy skills to cope learning literacy. After watching the video, I noticed that the teacher skillfully integrated a range of instructional approaches and resources to meet the diverse learning of the students.   These instructional approaches, also noted in the video, include: 1)       Read-Aloud 2)       Shared Reading 3)       Guided Reading 4)       Independent Reading 5)       Instructional Reading Level 6) ...

     There are five key features of common core standards that are important for ELA instruction which include reading, writing, speaking, language, and listening.       Reading and writing connection overlap each other where reading instruction is effective when combined with writing instruction. When students read overtime they become better writers especially when they are exposed to different genres which will allow children to learn variety of textual structures and languages. Which this exposure it allows students to be immersed in information that they can use to build on through text. In addition, what children know may come from the text they read which will provide them with knowledge they will be able to use in the future.         Reading plays a major role in writing because writing is structured by conveying knowledge in print, thus information is needed to share before it can be written. Writing evidence from t...