[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Tracking Student Progress #6760

I will keep all 5 components in mind when planning my reading block: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension. Using spiral skills to consistently stay aware of students progress will help me stay on top of students who are struggling. Using my mini lessons and being consistent in collecting data will also help me plan better reading lessons for my block of time. Using diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments will also help. Keeping all of this data organized is something I continue to work on each day.

[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Your Phonics Instruction Strategies #6756

I think most students need to review some foundational skills and using multisensory activities can help them make connections.

[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Your Phonics Instruction Strategies #6755

In my own classroom I need to incorporate more multisensory activities for students. Using movement or tactile may help some of them make a better connection to when we are using visual and auditory. Some of my students also need foundational skills since many are speaking more than one language. Some of my favorite ways to teach phonics are music for movement.

[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Teaching Phonological Awareness #6752

I will incorporate the 4 steps of explicit instruction: Explanation, Demonstration, Modeling, and Practice. I will use multisensory in my teaching trying to get students up and about to find objects in the classroom that begin with the sound (s) we are reviewing or learning.

[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Intro to Science of Reading #6708

drecebrisselt
Your first big takeaway just now settled with me. As I teach fifth grade, I feel so defeated and helpless sometimes trying to catch my kiddos up. Now realizing that they my not get caught up is sad. I will continue to try!

Marialignos I can relate to what you are saying. I see the same thing at fifth grade. Students are so affected by not being able to read and understand like their peers and it totally affects their school day everyday.

[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Intro to Science of Reading #6707

drecebrisselt
Your first big takeaway just now settled with me. As I teach fifth grade, I feel so defeated and helpless sometimes trying to catch my kiddos up. Now realizing that they my not get caught up is sad. I will continue to try!

[alexandra.hausman]

in reply to: Intro to Science of Reading #6706

The three points I took away from this chapter are that students need both explicit and systematic instruction to become a proficient reader, reading isn’t a natural skill and everyone learns to read in the same way. How the brain connects decoding and language skills is amazing and the diagrams help put that into perspective for a teacher.
Question: How do we help students who are not making those connections especially if they are past primary age?

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