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1
  • Bonnie Randa
  • branda_at_holyfamily.edu
  • http//branda14.angelfire.com
  • K-2 Reading Development and Instruction
  • Date Prepared July 19, 2007

2
Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Summary Findings
  • Detailed Findings
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix

3
Introduction
  • Currently attending Holy Family in order to earn
    my masters degree and a certification as a
    Reading Specialist.
  • I chose to do my research report on reading
    development and instruction in the primary
    grades.
  • Reading is the basis for all other subjects.
    Students must learn to read in order to succeed.
  • I was anxious to search the Internet to see what
    tools and information that I would be able to
    find for beginning readers.
  • My main objective for choosing reading as my
    topic for this report was to be able to discover
    new sites that would be engaging for my students,
    the parents of my students, and for me.
  • Today, technology is beginning to play such a
    significant role in education and it is
    important for educators to make use of all of the
    great tools and resources that are out there.
  • For students who may not be motivated to learn to
    read, there are so many resources, games, and fun
    activities offered for free on the Internet that
    will aid children in the reading process.

4
Summary Findings -Research Method
  • The first step was choosing a topic, and learning
    how to properly research this topic on the
    Internet. A few of the search engines that I used
    throughout my research were www.google.com
  • www.yahoo.com and www.mamma.com
  • Created an Internet Address Book, or IAB. The IAB
    consisted of twenty different sites which I found
    that pertained to my research topic, K-2 Reading
    Development and Instruction.
  • Created a Research Excerpt File to store all of
    my information, as an alternative to printing out
    all of the materials that I had found.
  • I based my criteria for which sites to choose on
    the following items
  • Content material
  • Ease of use
  • Materials offered
  • Links to other resources
  • Audience site was geared toward

5
Summary Findings Continued
  • I chose websites of varying qualities. Some
    catered to educators and professionals, while
    others were more geared toward children and
    parents.
  • The site that best met the needs of teachers was,
    www.readwritethink.org
  • The site that I found to be the most
    user-friendly and kid-friendly was
    www.starfall.com
  • The site that I thought would be the most helpful
    for parents was www.rif.org
  • Reading Rockets, www.readingrockets.org, and Get
    Ready to Read, www.getreadytoread.org, were also
    excellent resources for reading materials and
    information.

6
Reading is Fun!
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Detailed Findings
  • Get Ready to Read, www.getreadytoread.org is a
    national initiative to build the early literacy
    skills of preschool-age children.
  • The initiative provides an easy-to-administer,
    research-based screening tool to early childhood
    educators, child care providers, and parents in
    order to help them prepare all children to learn
    to read and write.
  • Aims to integrate emergent literacy screening and
    learning activities into routine early childhood
    education, child-care and parenting practices.
  • GRTR!'s program vision is that all preschool
    children will have the skills they need to learn
    to read when they enter school.
  • The site discusses the importance of exposing
    children to words, books, and literature at a
    young age.

8
Facts about Reading
  • Reading failure in the United States has reached
    epidemic proportions
  • More than 40 percent of fourth grade students
    performed below basic levels on the National
    Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in both
    1994 and 1998. More than 10 percent of fourth
    grade children could not even participate in the
    NAEP due to severe reading difficulties.
  • Children who do not learn to read constitute
    approximately 17 percent of the population and
    comprise more than 50 percent of the special
    education population.
  • BUT.
  • Early identification and intervention can reduce
    the need for costly services
  • If identified early and given research-based
    intervention, 90 to 95 percent of children "at
    risk" for reading failure will become fluent
    readers.
  • Prevention of reading failure can reduce the need
    for special education services later in a
    student's educational life. Special education
    costs are, on average, double those of general
    education.

9
READING ROCKETS
  • Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project
    offering information and resources on how young
    kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how
    caring adults can help.
  • Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading
    strategies, lessons, and activities designed to
    help young children learn how to read.
  • Reading Rockets aims to inform and inspire
    parents, teachers, childcare providers,
    administrators, and others who touch the life of
    a child by providing accurate, accessible
    information about reading strategies.
  • Reading Rockets creates and shares information
    about reading through its major projects, which
    include PBS television programs, online services,
    and professional development opportunities.
  • Below is a link to one of the sites where you can
    find a video clip about a program which is
    available through PBS. http//www.readingrockets.o
    rg/shows/launching

10
READING ROCKETS
  • Reading 101 What you should know about was very
    useful. It provided information on specific
    teaching strategies, and also different variables
    within a classroom that teachers need to be aware
    about.
  • Below I have provided hyperlinks to the top three
    articles that I felt were the most helpful and
    pertinent to teaching reading to struggling, or
    emerging readers.
  • http//www.readingrockets.org/article/82
  • http//www.readingrockets.org/article/392
  • http//www.readingrockets.org/article/205
  • Overall, I found this website to be an excellent
    resource for teachers, parents, and children.
  • There was a wide-range of various materials and
    information that I found to be extremely helpful
    for many different types of people. I would
    definitely recommend this site to anyone.

11
  • ReadWriteThink, is a partnership between the
    International Reading Association (IRA), the
    National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE),
    and the Verizon Foundation.
  • NCTE and IRA are working together to provide
    educators and students with access to the highest
    quality practices and resources in reading and
    language arts instruction through free,
    Internet-based content.
  • One of the tools that I found very helpful while
    researching on this site was the ability for me
    to search for a lesson based upon targeting
    specific language functions in the classroom.
  • Lessons on ReadWriteThink can be sorted by
    literacy engagements so that teachers can
    highlight specific language functions in the
    classroom.

12
  • Learning Language
  • Using language and other sign systems as ways of
    making meaning
  • read aloud
  • partner reading with big books
  • independent reading
  • journal writing
  • Learning About Language
  • Understanding how language works, including word
    play, the teaching of letter-sound relationships
    and spelling or grammar
  • word study
  • comprehension strategies
  • mini-lessons
  • word walls

13
  • Learning Through Language
  • Using reading and writing as a tool for
    exploration or for purposes of learning about or
    critiquing our world
  • literature study
  • inquiry
  • reflective journals
  • process drama

14
  • Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest
    children's and family nonprofit literacy
    organization in the United States. 
  • Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. prepares and
    motivates children to read by delivering free
    books and literacy resources to those children
    and families who need them most.
  • All RIF programs combine three essential elements
    to foster children's literacy
  • Reading motivation,
  • Family and community involvement
  • The excitement of choosing free books to keep

15
  • One link on the site that I found to be
    particularly useful was the Creating a
    Literacy-Rich Classroom checklist.
  • Creating a Literacy-Rich Classroom
  • Book Area/Writing Area
  • The book area is in a well-lighted spot near the
    writing area.
  • At least four children can fit in the area at one
    time.
  • There are a child-sized table and chairs, comfy
    places to sit, and a rug or carpet.
  • Throughout the Classroom
  • There are reading and writing materials in all
    indoor and outdoor areas (e.g., the block area
    has books on buildings and paper and pencils to
    make signs).
  • Print tells what things are or where they belong
    (e.g., cubbies have names and symbols, shelves
    and containers have word and picture labels).

16
  • The Starfall website is a site that is described
    as an actual methodology of both teaching and
    learning how to read.
  • The Starfall Method of reading instruction was
    developed for the emergent reader.
  • The site lists the following topics as the most
    important aspects of teaching reading to
    struggling readers
  • teach phonemic awareness
  • teach the common sound-spelling relationships in
    words
  • use text that is composed of words that use
    sound-spelling correspondences
  • use interesting stories to develop vocabulary and
    language comprehension
  • the most effective classroom method for early
    reading instruction involves a combination of
    explicit instruction in word recognition skills
    and reading comprehension strategies with
    opportunities to apply and practice these skills
    in literature

17
  • I utilized this site a few years ago with my K-2
    special education students.
  • My students were more motivated and excited about
    learning, because they were actually
    understanding what they were reading.
  • Motivation is one of the most important factors
    of reading that this website stresses. Their
    mission is to instill confidence and pride in
    children learning to read.


  • This is an excellent site for educators because
    the site provides many different materials, and
    they are FREE! There are also more materials that
    are available to purchase.
  • The site is also great for children because it is
    interactive, and provides students with the
    opportunity to learn, play, and have fun all at
    the same time.

18
Conclusions
  • I found this entire research report process to be
    an excellent learning tool for me as an educator.
  • The IAB and research excerpt file were great
    tools to use to help me to consolidate all of the
    information that I was finding. They helped me to
    be more organized, which then made it easier for
    me to create my final product.
  • I was not only able to broaden my senses of
    researching topics on the Internet, but in this
    process, I was able to acquire new resources,
    materials, ideas, and information on K-2 Reading
    Development and Instruction.
  • All of the sites that used for this research
    report were excellent sites. I will keep these
    resources with me, and utilize them, as I
    continue my future as an educator.

19
Reading Quotes
  • If you can read this, thank a teacher.
    Anonymous
  • The more you read, the more things you will
    know. The more you learn, the more places youll
    go. Dr.Suess
  • Reading aloud with children is known to be the
    single most important activity for building the
    knowledge and skills they will eventually require
    for learning to read.
  • Marilyn Jager Adams

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Appendix
  • Research Excerpt File
  • Internet Address Book
  • Research Report
  • Sample Scan
  • Image
  • Audio File
  • Video
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