I really enjoyed reading this article! It was one that I feel like I needed to read to reinforce these ideas into my teaching strategies. As we discussed in Dr. Trathen’s class, shared reading is extremely important to all grades! Due to the fact that I wish I was stronger in this area, I really liked the section on vocabulary. The use of context clues as well as prefixes and suffixes have helped me tremendously! I was a bit shocked when I finished the article and realized that I agreed on everything these authors stated! Students may not always have a computer or dictionary to look up a word, they must learn to rely on context clues and word parts. By using their resources, students should never just ‘skip’ a word! I’m very pleased that the teachers surveyed agreed. I believe it was this semester when we discussed in class how many words a poor reader would miss if they just ‘skipped’ it. The whole meaning would be lost and the student’s frustration level would increase. This article was very helpful in reassuring my thoughts on shared reading and vocabulary practices as well.
Shared Readings: Modeling, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Text Structures and Text Features
February 16, 2010 at 8:30 PM (Uncategorized)
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Beth Frye said,
February 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM
I am glad you enjoyed the article and found it to be beneficial.
You mentioned vocabulary strategies as a component of shared readings…what about comprehension, text features and text structures?
Caitlyn Council said,
February 23, 2010 at 4:46 PM
I did find those aspects interesting as well, but I struggled in vocabulary in school so I guess I’m focusing more on how I can better help my students and show them not to follow in my footsteps. Comprehension is something I think everyone struggles in when they aren’t interested in a topic and I think the text structure and features influence comprehension.