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Fieldwork Reflection #5

Dates: Monday, May 06, Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Site: St. Paul Lutheran School, All day kindergarten Cooperating Teacher: Mrs. Novak Total hours together: 3 hours 10 mins Total for EDU344: 20 hours of 20 hours   On Monday I finally had time to work on the final assessment from my unit plan with Luc. First … Continue reading Fieldwork Reflection #5

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Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties: Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten focused on the importance of developing a child’s vocabulary knowledge. There are two ways to teach vocab to children: the incidental approach, where skills are taught as the need arises in the child’s life, or the systematic approach, where skills are taught on a regular, planned basis (Gunning 331). Not surprisingly, most teachers … Continue reading Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties: Chapter Ten

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Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties: Chapter Four

While reading Chapter four, I was reminded of the fieldwork I completed last year for the Teaching Reading class. I had the great fortune of getting to observe my cooperating teacher give Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) assessments to her first-grade class. The school was using Fontas and Pinnell’s Benchmark Assessment System. This was a form … Continue reading Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties: Chapter Four