What is Reading? by Cheryl Dembroski

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It involves decoding words, understanding vocabulary

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Being able to understand information that is written down.

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I see reading as the foundational set of skills that includes decoding, word recognition, fluency, and basic comprehension.

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Reading is looking at a text, understanding words and meaning in order to learn from the written passage. -Turrel

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Proficient reader use strategies such as questioning and summarizing,

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I view literacy as a broader concept that goes beyond simply reading words. I see it as the ability to understand, interpret, and use text to learn and communicate.

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Being able to see a written text and understanding the words and their meanings on sight.

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Having a hard time identifying words and struggling to find the meaning of sentences.

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Lack of reading practice.

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a proficient reader is use metacognition strategies to extract the main ideas and key information while reading in order to learn and retain information. -Turrel

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A struggling reader has difficulty understanding what they are reading. -Turrel

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is flexible with strategies

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Reading applies to my content area of science due to the fact that many of the facts and information pertaining to the subject are written down. Also, the scientific method relies on publishing the results of your tests and having them peer reviewed by other people.

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I teach high school social studies so students in my class read and annotate primary and secondary sources. -Turrel

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As a Math teacher, reading is essential for understanding mathematical concepts, vocabulary, instructions, word problems, graphs, tables, and real-world applications

what makes someone a proficient reader

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someone who struggles to decode, cannot make connections to the text, or

content area

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I teach students that they have to think while reading