Before this semester I did not realize the complexity of developing reading. I've learned that the process of developing reading is not something that can be rushed. Developing reading takes place in both the literate home and in school. In the literate home it is important to start reading before a child is even born. The practices in a literate home can be reading to unborn, reading to baby, read same book to toddler multiple time, when a child starts to read along, and when the child can read all by his or her self. The best practices in school begin with shared reading. Then this process also includes teaching children concrete words, making word wall charts, interactive reading, and ends with interviewing and shared writing.
Teachers are an extremely important key to a readers development. There are many tools that can be used when teaching reading, and I now understand selecting tools for learner-responsive teaching of reading is very important because what teachers select and implement in his or her classroom directly effects students. When teachers see students struggling with a topic, it is his or her job to stop and choose a tool that can help students with the topic they are struggling with. It is vital to know your students and how each student learns when picking out the tools you are using in a lesson with a student.
The NRP's five pillars of reading include phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, fluency instruction, vocabulary instruction, and comprehension instruction. I believe that NRP's five pillars of reading are extremely important to reading development, but I think that Sharon Taberski's rearranges and updates the five pillars to create a better representation of reading development. Taberski's chose to have her five pillars founded on time to talk, time to write, and time to read because time is essential to being able to succeed at any task. Taberski altered NRP's original five pillars to accurate fluent reading, background knowledge, oral language and vocabulary, reading-writing connections, and repertoire of strategies. Taberski's model also takes comprehension out of the pillars and places it at the top, indicating that comprehension is our goal through all of the five pillars. Comprehension being the goal throughout every lesson and activity in a classroom, is very important to a child's reading development. If students aren't comprehending the material that teachers are teaching, then there is no use of teaching it at all.
Two things that I believe both models don't point out are classroom organization and motivation. Although I don't believe they should become part of the five pillars, I do believe that they should be represented on the models to remind teachers that classroom organization and motivation both contribute to success in reading development. When organization is lacking in a classroom, it takes time away from mini-lessons, activities, time to talk, time to write, and time to read, essentially slowing down a students reading development. The other aspect that is important to consider is motivation. Teachers can motivate their students by allowing them to choose what they want to read and write, and also by the texts teachers choose to use within their classroom.
Before this semester there were many aspects of reading development that I had never considered. Through this course, I have gained a deeper understanding about the development of reading, why reading is so important, and how I can help students succeed in their reading development.
Teachers are an extremely important key to a readers development. There are many tools that can be used when teaching reading, and I now understand selecting tools for learner-responsive teaching of reading is very important because what teachers select and implement in his or her classroom directly effects students. When teachers see students struggling with a topic, it is his or her job to stop and choose a tool that can help students with the topic they are struggling with. It is vital to know your students and how each student learns when picking out the tools you are using in a lesson with a student.
The NRP's five pillars of reading include phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, fluency instruction, vocabulary instruction, and comprehension instruction. I believe that NRP's five pillars of reading are extremely important to reading development, but I think that Sharon Taberski's rearranges and updates the five pillars to create a better representation of reading development. Taberski's chose to have her five pillars founded on time to talk, time to write, and time to read because time is essential to being able to succeed at any task. Taberski altered NRP's original five pillars to accurate fluent reading, background knowledge, oral language and vocabulary, reading-writing connections, and repertoire of strategies. Taberski's model also takes comprehension out of the pillars and places it at the top, indicating that comprehension is our goal through all of the five pillars. Comprehension being the goal throughout every lesson and activity in a classroom, is very important to a child's reading development. If students aren't comprehending the material that teachers are teaching, then there is no use of teaching it at all.
Two things that I believe both models don't point out are classroom organization and motivation. Although I don't believe they should become part of the five pillars, I do believe that they should be represented on the models to remind teachers that classroom organization and motivation both contribute to success in reading development. When organization is lacking in a classroom, it takes time away from mini-lessons, activities, time to talk, time to write, and time to read, essentially slowing down a students reading development. The other aspect that is important to consider is motivation. Teachers can motivate their students by allowing them to choose what they want to read and write, and also by the texts teachers choose to use within their classroom.
Before this semester there were many aspects of reading development that I had never considered. Through this course, I have gained a deeper understanding about the development of reading, why reading is so important, and how I can help students succeed in their reading development.