Reading Education

Directions: Answer Discussion 2 in 150 words, must use in-cite citation in APA style formatted. Answer Responses in 100 words.

***** ******* DO NOT ANSWER*******Discussion Question 1: As this program concludes, discuss your excitement and apprehension as you prepare for student teaching. What do you feel you have left to learn? Is there anything you need to refine or revisit before starting your student teaching experience? How will you do this, or what additional support do you feel you need at this time to be successful?

Response Question 1: Stephanie wrote: Excitement and apprehension are for sure words running through my head as this program comes to an end. To be the best human possible I feel that I need to be continuously learning. I spend every day reading at least 10 pages in a personal development book. I wish that someone in my life had shared these books with me earlier. I am currently reading Badass Habits by Jen Sincero from her badass serious. There is something every day that I can pull from that book to share with anyone around me and therefore I think that will be the same when I have a class full of students to share information with. I will have a library of books, book clubs, whatever I can do to help facilitate students improving themselves, strengthen their belief in themselves, and help them to remember that reading can be fun.

I am sure that there are lots of things that I need to refine or revisit before I start my teaching experience, but I think that we have learned that every student is different and every class of students will be so different. I think the teaching strategies that we have learned and the ability to search for lesson plans, teaching groups, Pinterest boards, and so much more right at our fingertips lessons my fears a little. I also think that having mentor teachers and friends, people who have been there and gone through experiences, being able to learn from their successes and failures, helps to put me at ease. I think the most important thing I can do to be successful is know when I am in over my head and ask for help.

Discussion Question 2: Why would it be important for a content area teacher to know the reading and writing proficiencies and deficiencies of a student? What are good practices for this type of assessment and instructional planning?

Response from Professor: ( no need to include references) Students,

Based on your observations or work as a teacher, do content area teachers know the reading levels of their students? How? To what degree? 

Response Question 2: Jill wrote: In an article written by Laura Robb (n.d.), it has been found that middle or high school students do not have the reading proficiency needed to read and comprehend from their classroom texts. It has been approximated that nearly 70 percent of U.S. middle and high school students require instruction that is differentiated to best target their individual strengths and weaknesses.

Content teachers can benefit from having knowledge of student reading and writing proficiency scores. This understanding can allow the teacher to present materials in various levels and modes so that students can build skills and move to more academic independence. Instructional planning and allocation of appropriate resources can address and support the underlying issue of literacy deficiencies. Teachers should continue to develop reading skills beyond elementary years, provide multiple texts at multiple levels, integrate writing to think in learn in everyday lessons and use frequent assessment data to inform future practice and lesson planning (Robb, n.d.).