Text consists of words which are organized into sentences and paragraphs and high order discourse like sections and chapters. The mental pictures the reader forms is called the surface memory. When I think of reading in my classroom i think a lot about Stanovich, K. , and West, R.

How this course has impacted my view of reading and learning to read. How this course has impacted my view of teaching reading. I believe a balanced approach is best when teaching reading. I really like the responsive teaching approach because a knowledgable teacher can identify specific areas of weakness and provide the student with essential feedback. I also think phonics should b.

In this method of instruction students are taught words as whole parts. It is believed to be easier to distinguish words rather than phonemes in this method because words are units of meaning where as phonemes are units of sound. Once students understand a set of basic sight words they can begin reading text using this controlled vocabulary. 1 Who is Luke? 3 The.

Whole-word instruction includes teaching words as units; children will recognize the spoken word as a meaningful unit. In whole-word instruction, students are shown a flash card with a word on it. Then the teacher pronounces it and asks the student to repeat it. The teachers usually starts with a small set of words and gradually builds the set. I would characterize the reading instruction in my school to be mostly prescriptive .

Reading Recovery is an example of responsive teaching. E What is your take on the best method to teach reading? .