![]() ![]() ![]() However, eye stops are normal, that’s what we do when we read. The more eye stops on a line of print, the slower the reading. Do they go forward, then skip back? How many times do you see eyes land on print in one sentence? These are called “eye stops”. Fluency begins with tracking, looking at the words, following a line of print. Usually it means reading with “automaticity”, as I said, smooth sailing so to speak, with feeling, emphasis and being capable to read designated words per minute. Fluency is the fifth area of reading considered fundamental, and a focus of our session.Book and article Walks are excellent ways to check out structural features of text and author’s writing pattern. Reading info-text benefits from a strategy of Preview, In-view and Review. If there isn’t background knowledge, build it. Comprehension: This includes having a purpose for reading, asking questions, making predictions, summarizing, inferring.Spelling matters, too! When we learn new words we need to know how to correctly spell them. Please no scrambled words or word searches, only correct models so we don’t confuse students. Word Banks, Word Walls, using new words, spelling new words. ![]() It isn’t ‘baby’ to use decoding skills with older students, and language learners. Each subject area offers opportunity to teach and reinforce basic reading skills. Vocabulary in science is different than history, for example. In content area reading, knowing structural analysis is really helpful. By third grade, add in structural analysis, including compound words, prefixes and suffixes, word families, contractions and syllables. I teach consistent sounds first, then irregular. Phonics helps as a strategy for all ages and stages. Everybody needs to learn how to figure out new, unknown words, not “word attack”, consider it word recognition and decoding. Think about rhyme, rhythm and predictable patterns. For preschool, EFL (English as Foreign Language) learners, emergent readers. Sounds make letters and letters make words. Preschool-Adult: Quick Review, Background Knowledge. Let’s Talk About Five Key Areas of Reading Instruction. When students become automatic in their decoding skills, this is what fluency means, in its simplest form, and visual/perceptual skills matter. Letters have shapes there are sticks, curves, tunnels. They recognize that thought can be written, they look at print- the letters, spaces. Students begin in a print awareness stage. We have to learn the code so that we can then forget it and discover the meaning.” -Paul E. “Reading is an auditory-language experience with a symbolic visual code. Here’s how Paul Dennison describes this basic process: In any event, our goal for students is to help them become capable, confident readers who love to read. Schools test students on their fluency, often using nonsense words, which I disagree with. Reading fluency is our goal, Reading automatically with expression, and understanding is called “automaticity”. I believe Brain Gym will make a huge difference in your life, as teacher, parent or caregiver. Kinesiology, movement is how many students need to learn, touch, feel, and experience. Let’s learn more how Brain Gym fits in with reading instruction, Why not use these simple moves? Learning is really all about play and movement, at its most successful. Just a reminder that Brain Gym won’t interfere with any specific reading program or strategy, just the opposite watch students’ progress soar! So here we go. In any event, regardless of specific reading program you use, as long as you like it, fine with me. There’s more to reading than a discussion about whole language versus phonics. Now I get that, I really do, but there has never been just one way to teach reading. How can kids continually be behind in their reading when one scripted program after another comes out, teachers hunker down, either like it or not, but are urged to accept and follow that program with fidelity. RTOL: Rapid Transition to Online Learningįast Track Reading With Brain Gym! This unique session offers a tremendous opportunity to fill in the gaps, what makes the difference in learning to read, or read better and faster.Red People, Blue People: It’s Not So Black and White.AI Cafe: This Week With AI in the Classroom. ![]()
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