1. How does elementary reading instruction contribute to poor literacy attainment for older children?
Elementary reading instruction focuses more on the process of learning how to read instead of reading for knowledge, ideas, or concepts which is what reading is all about in the secondary levels.
2. What are reading test scores good for?
Reading test scores can show what reading level a certain child is on but scores do not show the full complexity of literacy and what children can do.
3. What reality about a literacy myth surprised you the most? Why?
I was surprised about the myth that students who struggle in on literacy will have difficulty with all literacy. It was interesting to me to learn that students who may not be able to read a textbook can read poetry very well.
4. What do you know about teaching reading comprehension in the content areas? Give an example of a strategy you might use to teach reading during a science or social studies lesson.
All content teachers have to teach reading skills. Teachers could allow students to read certain parts of the text in groups and make one group outline together after they have read.
5. What kind of literacy do you have that was not acknowledge in school? (Literacy means being able to use texts and technologies to accomplish one's purpose in the world.)
I feel as if a lot of my literacy was not acknowledge in the school setting. I have been apart of many discourse communities and in these some use words that others way not know what they are.
6. Give an example of a literacy practice.
Engaging students by using more real world situations is a literacy practice that can be used.
7. What is a discourse community?
A discourse community is a group of people that have something particularly in common and use their own literacy within the community.
8. What can happen if students valuable multiple literacies are not recognized as valuable in school?
Students will not do as well as they could if their personal literacies are not recognized, Students may not be as motivated to read or write.
9. Give an example of how a teacher might build on the extracurricular literacy practices of their students?
Teachers can allow their students to write about what they want. Allowing students to have a choice of what they read or write about, I believe, will make them more successful.
10. Describe a time in which a teacher in your 4-12 schooling experience employed one of the research-base strategies to improve motivation.
Many students in my high school allowed us to use technology in the classroom. This was something different for us. It was more fun than writing on paper with a pencil, so it was motivating as a student.
11. Give an example from your own K-12 schooling experience that engaged in you in multicultural literacy development.
In second grade, I remember studying and reading about different countries throughout the world. I was able to bring some things from Italy, that have been in my family for years, to share with my class.
12. What do teachers her gain recognition and respect from their peer also do well on?
If a teacher is respected by their peers, they also will be respected by students and parents. They may be seen as someone who uses many strategies to hit the needs of all students and their success.
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Adolescent literacy. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Positions/Chron0907ResearchBrief.pdf
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