EDLI635 Theory and Practice of Literacy Instruction

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1.       Explain the three levels of words and how you can use word levels to decide which words to teach. Familiar words- that don’t  have to be taught. Frequent words-words that come up often in texts and I different contexts which should be taught. Highly technical words- which would come up in history or science which should be left to the history and science teachers to teach. 2.       How do you teach your students to "chunk" words as a strategy for decoding unfamiliar words? When do you provide this instruction? A great technique to use is chunking- to try to decode the word piece by piece. Starting with the beginning then the end and if that doesn’t work trying with the middle. This way students can try to understand the word piece by piece eventually decoding the whole word. To help students learn this technique start with sentence strips with the parts of the word, then go on to tell students to use their fing...

1.       How can you ensure that your struggling readers have access to texts they can easily read? It is very important to have a class library or a large collection of appropriately leveled books. In order to help struggling readers better their reading skills teachers should make sure that they have access to books on their level. Through having a large selection of books of various levels all children can have the materials they need to improve their reading. 2.       How can you foster a learning environment in which students have many opportunities to practice reading? By having, various learning and reading centers students will be able to have many opportunities to practice reading. Throughout the day there should be times where students are given time to read texts on their level independently or in a peer/group setting. This way they can practice and better their reading skills. 3.       D...

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