https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c Week 10 - Grant A, Tatum D, Brendan M, Livi M, and Baily H en-us 2021-03-31 20:38:14 UTC 2024-12-11 01:58:14 UTC hello@padlet.com hallb52 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373519514 This article relates to the articles by Allington and Gabriel because it mentions ways to help striving readers and readers with ADHD and learning disabilities. So many students test below the basic proficiency level because teachers are not teaching in a style that works for striving readers like students with ADHD and learning disabilities. One of the ways to build stronger relationships between reading and striving readers is for parents/educators to show interest in what students are reading about. As a child I would feel extremely discouraged in my reading if someone put it down, so for educators and parents to encourage students to continue to read what interests them is crucial. I specifically chose this article because I was a striving reader as a child because of my ADHD, but as I’ve learned what novels interest me; I can’t stop reading. I hope to encourage students with ADHD and learning disabilities to not turn away from reading, but to find topics to read about that interest them. ]]> 2021-03-31 21:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373519514 hallb52 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373523248 This video by Edutopia (fantastic education website) connects to the articles by Allington and Gabriel because it discusses how to keep students engage in a virtual setting. This video struck me because we are currently in a pandemic and nearly every class has been online for the past year, so teachers have had to get creative with engaging students. Keeping the curriculum interesting and engaging is a key part mentioned in both articles and the video. Connecting with students and creating a safe environment to speak is a crucial part in a student’s success. ]]> 2021-03-31 21:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373523248 hallb52 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373528505 This article connects to the articles by Allington and Gabriel because it discusses how to build a fantastic classroom library. An engaging classroom library can lead students to want to read. I desire to have a classroom library with a cozy set up, so reading is encouraged in my English classroom. A major part of so many students testing below the basic proficiency is because they are not interested in the texts they are reading. A classroom library where students are able to pick the books they want to read is a great way to engage students in reading. I thought this visuals in this article were phenomenal, so it did a great job of blending visual and print literacy. ]]> 2021-03-31 21:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373528505 hallb52 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373536740 This infographic relates to the articles by Allington and Gabriel because it is a visual way to engage students to read critically. I thought this was a fantastic addition to this Padlet because students could even color this infographic as part of a lesson about reading comprehension. The teacher could even hang infographics colored by students in their classroom to engage students to read critically. As a student, I was fond of coloring in the classroom, so this could be a phenomenal lesson for visual learners or striving readers. ]]> 2021-03-31 22:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373536740 hallb52 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373543966 This video created by John Spencer is similar to the articles by Richard Allington and Rachael Gabriel because it mentions a great way to engage students in the classroom. A way to engage students is to create an empowering classroom where students feel comfortable enough to speak on what they need to succeed in the classroom. An empowering classroom will enable striving readers to feel engaged with the texts presented. I thought this video was a fantastic multi-modal source, so that’s a major reason why I included it on this Padlet post. ]]> 2021-03-31 22:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373543966 mullenor https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373875257 I remember learning, in Elementary school, about the hebbian theory of your mind wandering while you are physically reading a text. I retained the lesson on this subject to this day, while countless other lessons from that time in my life are lost completely, because it really resonated with me. My attention span has always worked quite quickly, and now with so much technology to keep us entertained constantly, I find myself getting more easily distracted while I am doing one task. This article shed light on this very common dilemma that is never talked about! Every Child Every Day talked about children reading accurately, and it made me think about this concept. (Liv Mullenix)]]> 2021-04-01 01:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373875257 morri306 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373967122 Allington cites Krashen in both articles, and for good reason - here he goes into some elements of language acquisition that parallel the strategies that Allington outlines to help striving readers. This interview has the fantastic line (with reference to acquiring second &c. languages) "with children, the idea of teaching grammar is absurd." Very interesting interview and very relevant to the topic at hand as many if not all language skills apply to all languages spoken including the first, and naturally literacy is one of them.]]> 2021-04-01 01:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373967122 mullenor https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373973389 I'm a pretty slow reader, but my comprehension is quite high because I don't particularly follow the tips in this article. I always remember my parents or teachers telling me that the best way to boost your reading speed is by reading more. This was on the list, but it was quite low. This article emphasizes reading for only speed--which would probably be used if you needed to cram a couple of articles before a class. But in any other situation, I don't recommend using these tips because you will get so little out of it. Every Child Every Day emphasized the importance of reading and rereading  in order to grow your literacy skills and help striving readers. I love this because it highlights that you can try again and the most important thing is that you are reading, not word-chunking or throwing away your inner-dialogue. (Liv Mullenix)]]> 2021-04-01 01:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373973389 morri306 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373987749 I genuinely do not know which of the two statistics measured in this study done by George Washington University is scarier - time wasted taking tests (which, spoiler, was an average of 19 days per year between state and federal tests) or time spent preparing for them (26 days per year). Time spent in the classroom is invaluable and it is unbelievable that so much of it should be spent preparing for and taking evaluative tests rather than learning anything new or working on any kind of a formative assessment. Allington sums it up well: "I believe we can create middle schools where
struggling readers can thrive rather than struggle, but I am not even modestly optimistic that we will." Not at this rate.]]> 2021-04-01 02:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1373987749 durbintb https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374023519 As society continues to develop, our reliance on technology grows exponentially. I am apart of a generation that never used books in schools for sources, I only used the internet. This article highlights how we can take advantage of this, instead of resenting the internet as teachers. One of the examples I really liked was how they utilize YouTube. YouTube has some really amazing creators and educators who just publish information for free. I have personally learned so much from it (CGPGrey). An assignment could have a prompt of having students find an educational video, watch the video, and summarize how it connects with the prompt, and create something they can use and look back on. ]]> 2021-04-01 02:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374023519 durbintb https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374035289 This TED Talk is really great, and excellently highlights the point oof this weeks reading and Padlet prompt. It considers it from how the educators can be better, which is a different way I look at it, because I often critique the system of educating that teachers are forced into. For example, we need to be more culturally educated. Of course, I have known this, but this video really stressed it and made me think about it. Most Black boys in the 4th grade are not proficient in reading. They obviously are not different from other students biologically, so what are we doing as a society to allow this? That is what this video talks about, and Irby suggests that if we fix this, all children will have the desire to be readers for life. ]]> 2021-04-01 02:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374035289 durbintb https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374052678 The infographic below relates directly to the readings, because it focuses on encouraging young girls to invest in their education and advance things such as reading skills! For reasons we all already know, it is technically harder to succeed in society if you are a woman. You are discouraged from any level of independence and entrepreneurship. A lot of girls are told they should just be housewives. Of course, this is not even nearly as common now with our modern waves of Feminism, but bigotry still exists. Most of the children not in schools are girls. We need to encourage young girls to read more, write more, and make it culturally relevant to them! Investing in women's education is investing in a more progressive and better tomorrow. ]]> 2021-04-01 02:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374052678 durbintb https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374066647 As teachers have learned, being an online educator isn't easy, because this isn't something you are really prepared or taught how to do. The pandemic really shook everyone up, and this is a learning experience for all of us. Reading, in particular, has been challenging. It is hard to monitor, communicate about, and form complex ideas. All of the ideas from this article relate to asking students what THEY need, which I can really get behind. Educating is for them, not you. You need to know what they... need, so you can help them. For example, you can take a survey online of what people are struggling with in a book, and use that data to form a lesson plan and an effective conversation starter in the classroom. ]]> 2021-04-01 02:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374066647 abbottga https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374082760 This is a link to a 2020 grant provided to Ohio by the U.S. Department of Education to promote lifelong literacy for students that carries all the way through grade 12. Like the Allington article discusses, literacy will be promoted through all grades with an emphasis on "students living in poverty, students with disabilities, English learners and students identified as having a reading disability."]]> 2021-04-01 02:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374082760 morri306 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374099936 Allington points out that phonics exercises and worksheets are virtually useless in the classroom despite being frequently used as the core of early English and reading programs until recently. I was inspired to find my old phonics textbook and though I cannot see the inside pages, I remember what they looked like. I did eventually grow up to be a reader, but I suspect the hundreds of hours I wasted doing exercises out of this book in third grade had little or nothing to do with it.]]> 2021-04-01 02:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374099936 abbottga https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374100994 This book is one resource I found when looking up the concept of striving readers. Based on the description, it includes strategies for teachers to implement that will open up reading accessibility to all students and promote lifelong reading. The cover includes a plant to show that readers shouldn't remain stationary in their progress. Like the growth of a plant, teachers should be guiding students to eventually become thriving readers rather than abandoning them in their progress as striving readers.]]> 2021-04-01 02:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374100994 durbintb https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374103166 Here is a really simple article that talks about general ways to improve a students reading capabilities! I really like this, because it encompasses techniques that potentially be taken advantage of by any student, parent or teacher. One of the suggestions that I really liked, and I feel like could have helped me when I was learning how to read, was that you should personalize the content. I rarely got to choose the books I read, and I hated it! I feel like if I chose the type of genres and literature I read, I would have felt more encouraged to read and develop my skills. I understand why it is important to expand your horizons in reading, but allowing for literally no personalization seems ineffective. ]]> 2021-04-01 02:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374103166 abbottga https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374117349 Here is a news report about a community book fair event that happened in Alabama. It was created by high schoolers who are a part of a nonprofit that aimed to bring the community together through circulating books. This is really important as a reinforcement of Allington's articles because reading for pleasure became a talking point of the larger community rather than remaining in K-5 classrooms. Readers were able to pick books that matched their reading and interest levels rather than being forced into a homogenized reading environment.]]> 2021-04-01 03:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374117349 morri306 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374121122 The phenomenon experienced by a student that at one time maintained reading skills at the same level as their peers but later fell behind is sometimes called having "late emerging reading difficulties." This longitudinal study goes into unbelievable depth as to who these students are and what kinds of backgrounds they come from as well as what may be the source of the difficulties. Unsurprisingly, the reasons for the students' trouble with reading seem to be as diverse as the students themselves. These students would have certainly benefitted from choice reading as well as better accommodation (i.e. less focus on decoding instruction and such and more on heightening stamina and vocabulary). Very interesting study.]]> 2021-04-01 03:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374121122 abbottga https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374135932 This article explains some of the benefits of book choice and how it can help all readers in the classroom become lifelong readers. Book choice is one of the ways in which the article discussed we can help striving readers thrive in the classroom, and this list of benefits reinforces the benefits we've discussed in class as well.]]> 2021-04-01 03:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374135932 morri306 https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374142290 The name Chall kept coming up in studies and articles about the importance of keeping reading instruction past the third grade. Jeanne Chall famously wrote that students fall behind in literacy skills disproportionately around the fourth grade, citing a longitudinal study she conducted with 30 students. I have heard similar reports from other teachers and Allington certainly advocates for the extension of reading instruction through middle school, but the fact that such a ripple was caused by a study involving only 30 students is inviting of questions. The article comes to some interesting, perhaps wrong, conclusions, but is worth reading.]]> 2021-04-01 03:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374142290 abbottga https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374157767 Although the website refers to students as struggling readers, there are links on this website for parents, students, teachers, and more in order to help readers in multiple ways. There are links about Dyslexia, intervention, reading issues, testing, differentiated instruction, and so much more. This is definitely an important resource and one that teachers could refer to multiple times when learning how to help striving readers in their classes.]]> 2021-04-01 03:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374157767 mullenor https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374158914 Every Child Every Day references the teaching of ELLs in regards to striving readers. They talked about how peer conversation is super important to comprehension and overall reading skill development. In a class I took last semester, EDT 323, which was centered around teaching second language learners, we talked extensively about grouping. We talked about when different groups are important: say grouping ELLs with other ELLs or with native English speakers, etc. The book below was our textbook for the class, and, normally, I am bored to death by textbooks, but this one had really interesting and important information that was laid out in an easy to absorb way. This isn't exactly on topic, but I thought about it while reading about all the different types of striving readers and what is good for them. This is a good read because it gives future teachers some insight on how to diversify your instruction well enough for ALL learners. (Liv Mullenix)]]> 2021-04-01 03:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374158914 mullenor https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374290989 In Reading Intervention in the Middle Grades, Allington talks about how, in older grades, teachers didn't even take the time to really figure out the things that their striving readers were struggling with, and, in turn, these things went unaddressed. These students didn't need lessons in decoding, but rather practice in reading or something. However, what actually happened was that they were told that they were poor readers and shoved into their reading intervention groups: out of sight, out of mind, right? Wrong. This is an example of deficit thinking being a danger to students. Of course students are going to be "bad students" if that's all that they've ever been told about themselves. This video is of Allan Luke explaining an example of deficit thinking and the issues with it. It's an important video, but it's a more important concept for all future teachers to be aware of. (Liv Mullenix)]]> 2021-04-01 04:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374290989 mullenor https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374317856 It's true that students need high-quality instruction all day, every day. This is a lot to ask for from teachers, however, and burnout is a real issue. To help our students, we have to help and take care of ourselves too. It's important to highlight the positivities and things that make this profession amazing. This video, despite that goofy music in the back, connects to this whole  topic in an interesting and relatable way.  (Liv Mullenix)]]> 2021-04-01 05:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/abbottga/1670z50zobslez4c/wish/1374317856