- Beginning Reading
By Mary K. Fitzsimmons. How to teach reading has been the subject of much debate over the years. One reason may be because, to the reading public, reading seems to be a fairly easy and natural thing to do. However, this apparent ease masks the very real and complex processes involved in the act of reading.
(Added: Wed Jul 18 2001)
- Phonological Awareness
NICHCY News Digest Volume 25, August 1997. Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities. Author: William Ellis. Reading is a complex activity. It sends our brains into a frenzy of electrical impulses that zig and zag through matter in ways we still do not totally understand. It organizes sights and sounds in designs that ultimately connect us to the broad vistas of life's many landscapes. Reading gives us the opportunity to appreciate those landscapes in all their variety. It is remarkable that, whatever approach, method, or ideology is used to teach reading, most students become proficient at it. For many students, successful reading is assimilated into their experience quickly and with seeming smoothness. Fortunate, the students for whom reading comes easily!
(Added: Wed Aug 22 2001)
- Reading and Learning Disabilities
Having difficulty with reading is by no means unusual. Millions of people in the United States have trouble reading. Some may not be able to
read at all, while others have basic reading skills but might be considered "slow readers." It is useful to know that problems with reading are
often accompanied by problems with writing, listening, or speaking. Each person having trouble in any or all of these areas should know that
help is available.
(Added: Sun Aug 26 2001)
- SLPs, Literacy, and Inclusion
"Inclusion" can cause major stress, in fact, change can be very difficult! But in our quest for improved
education, we research and open our minds to newer ideas. Though SLPs may have come from a more
medical model, we're part of this exploration too. The question becomes, "change how"? As a Speech
Language Pathologist, I feel strongly that direct instruction, either individual or small group, is important
for children who need profound growth in their speech and language skills - the kindergartners and first graders who
can't be understood, can't make a sentence, can't form a simple question or relate a simple event.
(Added: Tue Jan 01 2002)
- Teaching Children To Use Learning Strategies
NICHCY News Digest Volume 25, August 1997. Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities. Author: Neil Sturomski. Learning is the process of acquiring-- and retaining-- knowledge so it may be applied in life situations. Learning is not a passive process. As any teacher can attest, students are not vessels into which new information is poured and then forever remembered. Rather, learning new information and being able to recall and apply it appropriately involves a complex interaction between the learner and the material being learned. Learning is fostered when the learner has opportunities to practice the new information, receive feedback from an "expert," such as a teacher, and apply the knowledge or skill in familiar and unfamiliar situations, with less and less assistance from others.
(Added: Wed Aug 22 2001)
- Wyoma Clouss' Reading & Writing, Literacy & Language Page
Ask me what you can do to help your child develop better language
skills - my answer is Read to them!, .. as infants, as kindergarteners,
as fourth graders .. Read to them!! Talk to them!! Read to them some
more!!!
(Added: Tue Jan 01 2002)
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