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Reading and writing must be at the core because to many teachers are falling for “faddish” activities like skits and posters.

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Reading and writing must be at the core because to many teachers are falling for “faddish” activities like skits and posters.

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:My take away from chapter 4 is that reading is the most important subject of all.  If students can read, they can understand other subjects.  it's the foundation.  Our students don't read enough.

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:My take away from chapter 4 is that reading is the most important subject of all.  If students can read, they can understand other subjects.  it's the foundation.  Our students don't read enough.

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Reading should be where students can choose books that interest them. When they can have a voice then they are more likely to be focused and engaged in their learning.

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Chapter 4 reminded me that reading instruction is as simple as modeling good reading habits. I will implement this in my classroom by having whole group instructions that includes an overarching question, modeling of specifics skills, emphasis on reading to answer the question and reading skill, multiple checks for understanding, and opportunities to write about their analysis of the text.

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Chapter 4 reminded me that reading instruction is as simple as modeling good reading habits. I will implement this in my classroom by having whole group instructions that includes an overarching question, modeling of specifics skills, emphasis on reading to answer the question and reading skill, multiple checks for understanding, and opportunities to write about their analysis of the text.

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Let's face it Reading is the most important subject in school.

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Let's face it Reading is the most important subject in school.

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I emphasize daily to my students that READING RULES THE WORLD . YOU CANNOT BE successful not knowing how to read. It is a matter of life and death.Statistics show that early dropout rates by students who lack the ability to read create big problems for themselves and others. They also grow more dendrites like them. Then the cycle continues.

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I will continue to incorporate whole group discussion as a critical companion to reading. I think whole group discussion allows students at different levels to hear questions answered from different perspectives than their own. It possibly pushes low level thinking students to give more thoughtful detailed answers with teacher feedback.

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ELA should be implemented with a high focus so that students understand the importance.

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In chapter four the author talks about reading and literacy being the most important focus of education. It states that out of all the subjects we teach, that literacy is the most important and that everything starts with reading. It talked about doing away with the basal reader and and just focusing on reading good literature. We need to make literature more simple and direct and personal for our students. Through the literature students should be able to relate , see themselves and learn from the characters in the stories. Chapter four also focused on teaching literacy through novels and not the basal reader. This allows for deeper knowledge and understanding.

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Reading everyday and all the time is the most important area for students to focus.

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Authentic reading and letting students really engage in literature to learn instead of teaching a grammar lesson for 20 minutes is our take away

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Authentic reading and letting students really engage in literature to learn instead of teaching a grammar lesson for 20 minutes is our take away

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The take away from Chapter 4 is to incorporate authentic relevant literature in my classroom even though I teach upper grades I should be modeling how good readers analyze text and walk away from a deeper meaning than just reading for comprehension and test-taking. More reading allows for students of low socio-economic status a "ticket" on a new life since they can gather more and more information by having a genuine interest in reading.

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Authentic Reading versus Basal reading. Less is more

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Of all the chapters so far, this is the most interesting one I read. The biggest emphasis was on reading more quantity and quality. Read read and read some more. My goal next year is to have a set group of books I want the class to read and discuss. This includes novels, picture books, poetry, biographies and magazines. My students were so much more engaged when we did . our novel study than with the basal. Here, however, I reach an inconsistency in the book. Earlier it emphasized the use of textbooks and now it is saying to use other resources primarily. Also, I really like being able to write essays for tests to show learning. The problem is that goes against the current scrimmage system. My students did better with the performance event in writing and, when I asked them, they said they would actually prefer that style of testing over the traditional scrimmages.