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Screening

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Reflection

In this chapter, it discusses how different parts of the brain work when we engage in reading and phonics practices. This chapter really stood out to me because, as a 1st-grade teacher, I have to ensure that the students are phonically aware of their letters and sounds when we are working. Another thing that stood out to me was when Shaywitz talked about how good readers activate the back of their brain and the poor reader will not use any of the back of their brain.

Understanding and knowing the forms and the function of the print. This could be in a book, paper, magazine, or any other print form.

Video demonstrating print awareness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FomVrsf-PJ0

Reflection:

I believe that print awareness is very important to all students. In my 1st grade class, I make sure that I have a read-aloud in our schedule every day because students still need that time to understand books and what is in a book. We have gotten so computer-reliant in most of our schools, and some do not understand the impact it is having on students. Some students don't even pick up a book until they come to school because at home, it here take this iPad and leave me alone. Students should be more book-savvy and less technology-savvy.

Letter Knowledge is components of written words. There are 26 letters upper and lowercase in the American Alphabet.

Reflection:

Knowing your letters is very important. When a student starts school if they do not know there letters then they cannot even write there name. Something that I have made a priority for my first graders is making sure that they are writing the letters the correct way. We sing the ABC everyday and when I tell them to write a letter like B and D. For B I say " a bat and a ball, a bat and a ball, that is how we write a b a bat and a ball." and for D we say "a door knob and a door, a door knob and a door that is how we write a d a door knob and a door."

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Screening

Progress monitoring

Curriculum Embedded

General or External

Diagnostic

Outcome

Reflection

What I learned from reading this chapter is that different parts of the brain work when we read or do anything that is related to phonics. The part when Shaywitz talks about how good readers activate the back of the brain, and the readers who struggle do not use that part of the back of the brain.

Phonics is a way for students to connect their letters to the sounds. This teaches them how to sound out words which will make it easier for them to read and write.

What teaching phonics looks like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKsIi1MH4lw

Summary Of Phonics

The video that I added to my Padlet is one that I use in my first grade classroom. I have even came up with dance moves for each letter. I believe that when you are teaching phonics that students learn better when they are able to move. Phonics is really important in the first grade because it helps students start to understand how words and sounds work together. This gets them prepared to start reading. When children have mastered phonics they become confident that they can read on their own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3NFtLc22k

What I learned:

irregular words are hard to teach students and students struggle to learn them. I am teaching my first graders how to say and write irregular words. When they are trying to spell the words like take the word "ever" my first graders spell it like this evr. This is because they are spelling to sounds they hear and not using the spelling rule.

Multisyllabic words are any words that have multiple syllables. An example would be the word Happy ( hap-py) it has 2 syllables.

Reflection- I struggle with teaching multisyllabic words to first graders because they believe that words do not have a blending sound. So teaching them words with multiple syllables can be difficult at times.