Literate environment analysis presentation

Literate Environment Analysis Presentation

Amy MoreyWalden University

Cindee Easton M.Ed.EDUC-6706R, The Beginning Reader, Pre K-3

August 18, 2013

Research Teachers need to have students’ interests at heart. Teachers need to

get to know students’ interests and what motivates them. Teachers need to go beyond the typical inventories to get to know their students (Laureate Education, 2010a)

Reading inventories will give a wealth of information, however, a teacher needs to be skilled in administering, interpreting, and using the information (data) (Laureate Education, 2010b)

Both cognitive and non-cognitive assessments should be done to get a well-rounded idea about a student’s abilities. Reading motivation profiles are great ways to find out what a student’s self-perception is as a reader and what motivates them as a reader (Gambrell, Palmer, Codling, Mazzoni, 1996).

Getting to Know Literacy Learners, P-3

Analysis

Getting to Know Literacy Learners, P-3

Cognitive assessments measure where students currently are in their abilities.

The following were the cognitive assessments that I used on my students to get a better idea of what their literacy abilities were according to their independent, instructional, and frustration levels:

CORE Assessments• Silent Assessment of Reading Comprehension: assesses reading comprehension by means of the “cloze” technique. Students read a series of passages and supply words that have been deleted throughout the passage. Although the passages are arranged according to difficulty, they do not represent a specific grade level. Dependent on how many correct words supplied determines level of reading comprehension.•Fry Oral Reading Test: assesses the rate and accuracy with which a student reads text aloud. Student reads short passages with readability levels from grade 1-7. After examination, evaluator can determine student’s independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels based on oral reading errors. •CORE Vocabulary Screening: measures how well student know the meaning of grade-level words they read silently. Student reads a word and then picks (out of three given choices) the most likely synonym.•Critchlow Verbal Language Scales: assesses a student’s vocabulary in English or Spanish by asking them to orally say an antonym after a spoken word. Words are arranged in increasing order of difficulty.•San Diego Quick Assessment: measures the recognition of words out of context. The test consists of 13 graded word lists form pre-primer to eleventh grade.•CORE Phonics Surveys: assesses the phonics and phonics-related skills that have a high rate of application in beginning reading. (Consortium on Reading Excellence [CORE],

1999)

Analysis

Getting to Know Literacy Learners, P-3

Non-Cognitive assessments

measure student self perception and motivation.

The following were the non-cognitive assessments that I used on my students to get a better idea of what their self perception as a reader, interests, and what motivated

them as a reader:

• Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (ERAS) which is a pictorial survey that measures student’s attitude towards recreational and academic reading (McKenna & Kear, 1990).

• Motivation to Read Profile (MRP) which accesses a student’s self perception as

readers and the value they acknowledge in reading (Gambrell et al, 1996). This assessment tool contains a survey and a conversational interview.

Research

Teachers should examine texts to see where the text falls on a literacy matrix . Teachers need to be cognizant of the text’s difficulty, the readability (text structure,

sentence length, concept density), singletons (unique new words), size of print, text structure, and visual supports (Laureate Education, 2010c).

Selecting Texts

Narrative Informational

Linguistic: word orientated

Semiotic: message communicated through things other than

words (pictures, symbols, icons, etc.

Literacy Matrix3rd Dimension to matrix: Dimension of difficulty

InformationalNarrative

Linguistic

Semiotic

Easy

Difficult

AnalysisWhen selecting texts it is important to select a variety of texts; including narrative, informational texts, and new literacies. It is important to fill the classroom with informational books in order to “demonstrate to their students that reading can help them obtain information” (Duke, 2004, pg. 40).Online texts are a great alternative to traditional texts in that online texts typically have animation, sound, and video (Castek, Bevans-Mangelson, & Goldstone, 2006).

Selecting Texts

Informational

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What is the Interactive Perspective?

Teaching students to become strategic and metacognitive readers and writers (Laureate Education, 2013)

The goal of the interactive perspective is for students to become reflective and self-regulating learners; teaching children how to process text independently in which they use strategies/skills

without teacher prompts (Laureate Education, 2010d)

Literacy Lesson: Interactive Perspective

Developing Language and Literacy in Children

Read AloudsSmall group read aloudsProviding a variety of fiction and non-fiction textsProvide opportunities to extend children’s vocabularyEngage in conversations with childrenUse direct instruction when appropriateTeach alphabet and sounds of lettersProvide a print rich environmentInfuse literacy throughout the curriculumDevelop relationships with parents

Literacy Lesson: Interactive Perspective

(Laureate Education, 2010e)

Assessments, Strategies, and Skills•Use both informal and informal assessments•Teach a variety of strategies to invoke the cognitive and non-cognitive needs of students

(Laureate Education, 2013)

Literacy Lesson: Interactive Perspective

Analysis: Teaching Strategies Summarizing is a strategy that helps students become

metacognitive when they are confused about what they are reading (Tompkins, 2010).

The strategy of summarizing: I want my students to be able to read a passage, think about the main/big ideas, and then write a concise story/paragraph. I believe having my students use this process helps them become metacognitive and strategic thinkers.

What is the Critical Perspective? Teaching children to judge, evaluate, and think critically about

texts (Laureate Education, 2013)

Literacy Lesson: Critical and Response Perspective

What is the Response Perspective? Provide opportunities for students to read, react, and respond

to text in personal ways (Laureate Education, 2013)

Critical Literacy Critical literacy is analyzing texts from

multiple perspectives, critically evaluating texts, and judging the validity or veracity of text (believability) (Laureate Education, 2010f)

Students need to analyze texts to understand why the author wrote the text, understand how the author uses the text to make the reader understand in a certain way, see the author’s perspective, and develop personal and independent perspectives of text (Molden, 2007).

Evaluating texts from different points of view

Literacy Lesson: Critical and Response Perspective

Research

Being Responsive Provide literacy experiences that will

affect students’ personal and emotional levels (Laureate Education, 2010g)

When student make personal connections to text and have opportunities to share their feelings, thoughts, and ideas…this is where the learning occurs (Laureate Education, 2010g)

Evaluating texts from different points of view

The more students have opportunities to write about what they read, the more they will understand what they read (Laureate Education, 2010h)

Literacy Lesson: Critical and Response Perspective

Analysis It is important for students to analyze texts from different perspectives and point of

views. This helps student critically think and develop personal ideas, values, and perspectives.

Open-mind portraits is a strategy that students can create to dig deep within a character

Open-mind portrait shows a portrait of the character and “thinking pages that reveal the character’s thoughts at pivotal points in the story” (Tompkins, 2010, pg. 449).

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