Graves, Graves, & Calfee’s textbook, Chapter 7 Emergent Literacy and Chapter 8 Word Recognition.
Peregoy & Boyle Textbook, Chapter 5
Discuss how you teach word recognition in the classroom. Do you teach at the teacher table and then the students practice this skill in centers or through technology software such as Reading Plus, iReady, iStation, Imagination Learning? Do you use a SAT practice book and require the students to copy information on an index card? Do they use software such as Quizlet? Describe one new idea you have gained through the readings that you would like to implement in your classroom this year.
Later in the week, return to this discussion, read your classmates' postings, and comment on the ideas expressed in two of your classmates' postings.