https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r en-us 2020-10-19 17:14:17 UTC 2025-12-23 15:31:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://media0.giphy.com/media/34ZNcoaN5u4hi/giphy.gif hammeraa https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842467486 This article talks about how research has proven that students who are entering middle school struggle with comprehension strategies. Something that needs to be improved is how much teachers are going to a professional development about literacy and incorporating it into the classroom. According to the reading in class Alington states that “Struggling readers engage in little actual reading activity” (Alington, 2011, p.13). The research has shown that reading isn’t being done enough in classrooms.

]]> 2020-10-19 19:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842467486 hammeraa https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842472216 Why should you read everyday? Alington discusses the importance of reading in both of the articles. Reading improves mental stimulation and can slow the progress of alzheimers or even prevent it. It’s important to keep your brain active and engaged. Stress reduction occurs because reading allows you to go away when you are reading a great story. One of the greatest impacts because of reading is all the knowledge that you gather. 

]]> 2020-10-19 19:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842472216 oakstj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842475578 A big part of both of the articles by Alington is the idea that students need to be allowed to choose what they read. By allowing student choice, students are more likely to want to read, rather than feel like they are forced to read. With that being said, many students don't know where to start when looking for a book, so, educators must be prepared to help. Attached is a list of books that would be appropriate for middle school aged children. This list however, is not all inclusive of middle school literature. This is just a starting block. Students should be encouraged to keep looking if they can't find a book that they like in this list.]]> 2020-10-19 19:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842475578 hammeraa https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842477180 In Alingtons (2012) article called “Every Child Every Day” he talks about the importance of writing. It states in the article that “Writing provides a different modality within which to practice the skills and strategies of reading for an authentic purpose.” Students are writing down meaningful thoughts when they are allowed and they are using the vocabulary they’ve learned from reading into their writing. It’s important for teachers to have short answer questions on tests because then the student is able to show exactly what they know. 

]]> 2020-10-19 19:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842477180 hammeraa https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842479802 This infographic shows the stunning truth when it comes to child literacy. 1 in 4 children grow up in America not knowing how to read. Some helpful ideas this infographic gives is that it’s important to start early because children are starting to acquire their first words. It’s also important to always be talking to a child because then they will start picking up more words. Alingoton (2012) discusses how important it is to have a child read everyday. This infographic backs up a lot of what Alington said in both of his articles. 

]]> 2020-10-19 19:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842479802 hammeraa https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842489835 I was really shocked when I saw this map that indicates the percentage of the population of each state that has below a fifth grade level of literacy. I was really surprised about how many states were between 20%-30%. Alington perfectly talks about how there needs to be a change about the way school systems are teaching literacy. It’s important in school to incorporate a variety of different books and also let the students pick what they want to read sometimes. 

]]> 2020-10-19 19:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842489835 oakstj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842498914 Reading interventions in the middle grades, like the grades below, focus on decoding, however, this is not the problem students have. As Alington said in his 2011 Article, students need intervention in reading comprehension. Students know how to read almost all of the words on every page of a book, however, they don't always know what they mean. In order to fix this, students need to be given books that challenge their reading capabilities, but are still comprehensible. A student should know no less than 95/100 words used in a book. This still isn't ideal. The goal should be 99/100 words are known and comprehensible. This will allow adequate challenge and great comprehension, allowing students to learn more about the story of the book and the English language. Here is a simple tool that will help students to get an estimate of whether or not a book will be in their reading capabilities.]]> 2020-10-19 19:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842498914 oakstj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842562734 Struggling readers need to be reading more than they currently do, but, a big part of why they don't is that they are simply not given enough time to do so. In order to do this, teachers should limit the amount of worksheets they give in literary settings and instead, give them time to read. While this might seem counterintuitive to comprehension building, there is nothing quite as beneficial to building reading abilities as reading. Just because a child can walk, doesn't mean that it can jump rope. This is similar to the idea of worksheets. Just because a student can feel one out, that doesn't necessarily mean that they can understand everything they read.]]> 2020-10-19 19:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842562734 oakstj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842615392 Over half of the student population reads less than fifteen minutes per day. At this level, proficiency drastically decreases and causes students to perform below grade level. With that being said, 23% of students who had troubles reading in third grade were likely to be held back and not graduate high school by the age of seventeen. But, as this resource shows, adding an extra 6 minutes of reading per day to a students workload will allow for better growth and possibly allow them to meet grade level standards. It doesn't take much, students just need to be encouraged and supported.]]> 2020-10-19 19:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842615392 oakstj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842639482 The best way to check for comprehension of books is to do class discussions. This is a great tool because not only will the teacher be able to find out what the students have learned from the stories, but the students will be able to learn about what the others have read and possibly find a new book to read when they finish their current book. This resource is a guide to leading class reading discussions and is a great place to start if you are unsure of what to do.]]> 2020-10-19 19:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/842639482 frymanmj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843305676 We read through these articles the importance of improving reading and the abilities that surround it. We see statistics and know that much research is done to help during the early elementary ages and that is necessary. As we can see in this diagram, students who do not meet the higher achievement of reading can even fail to graduate from high school. Yes it is that important! But we also learn that we need to address reading throughout middle schools and high school because without those skills and support, they will continue to be less likely to graduate.]]> 2020-10-20 01:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843305676 frymanmj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843366915 There is such an importance in learning vocabulary as it impacts what you can read and comprehend. Allington expresses the importance of providing instruction that helps with learning vocabulary. This is a factor of reading that distinguishes a striving reader from a proficient one. We need to better teach vocabulary through various strategies. This links to various strategies that are not only effective but also could make it fun and something students can do together.]]> 2020-10-20 02:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843366915 frymanmj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843378024 To better support students in their reading and literacy abilities teachers need to provide students with resources and time to read something of interest. Students who read something that interests them would be more willing to read in comparison with an all-class read. Stephanie Harvey shares the importance of giving students the chance to read, providing them with a variety of books at differing levels, and giving students chances to share what they read. Students will further engage if we can implement some of these thoughts.]]> 2020-10-20 02:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843378024 frymanmj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843388931 When reading a book, we get much more out of it if we can talk about it with someone else so why don't we incorporate this as much into classrooms? Implementation of various activities like fishbowls, turn and talks, small group discussions, and symposiums are ways that students will benefit from reading. This gives students a time to engage in the text which can further their comprehension skills. And this is one thing that can help striving readers within the instruction.]]> 2020-10-20 02:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843388931 imhofftw https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843403859 It's important that we help foster and create a love for reading in our students and this can be done in so many different ways. I know for me personally growing up and going through elementary school I never really had the opportunity to really choose what I wanted to read for class assignments and when I did I had to choose from 3 different books. I believe that I would have personally benefited from a different system than this.]]> 2020-10-20 02:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843403859 imhofftw https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843408424 After reading the articles I decided to do some research on the literacy rates in America and what I found was surprising. I found that about 43 million adults in the US fall into the illiterate/functioning illiterate categories. It's surprising how a country like ours that boasts being the greatest in the world has failed about 21% of the adults living in this country when it comes to one of the most important skills to have. ]]> 2020-10-20 03:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843408424 frymanmj https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843409819 Read alouds are something that I generally think is for the younger grades. But there are so many benefits to this use of reading and it can be effective in helping students better understand what they are reading and as Rebecca Bellingham talks about giving them a chance to put themselves in the story, discuss with the class, and comprehend what is happening. Within this article is Rebecca's TedTalk and she shares her use in third grade, but this can even be used in 6+ grades. I can remember doing read alouds in 7th grade and it gave us more opportunities to share and express thoughts.]]> 2020-10-20 03:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843409819 imhofftw https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843415526 We have talked about having classroom libraries when we are teachers and it honestly is something that we all need to do. We need to create a section of the classroom that has a variety of books for a student to be able to explore. When I was in 8th grade my language arts teacher did this and had this reading corner and I remember on a few occasions actually picking up and a reading a book from this corner. ]]> 2020-10-20 03:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843415526 imhofftw https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843419192 Even though throughout my entire life I've hated the idea of reading I think I'm beginning to see that reading can actually be a fun activity to do and also can be beneficial. In this article it talks about how reading helps us expand our ideas and helps keep our minds younger and sharper. ]]> 2020-10-20 03:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843419192 imhofftw https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843422687 Writing for me can be very therapeutic and can help me spawn some creative thoughts. By having our students write down their thoughts on a book they read in a journal it can lead to them becoming better writers. The more you write the better you become at it and having our students journal their thoughts can do just that. ]]> 2020-10-20 03:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/frymanmj/d00m66mtiien13r/wish/843422687