FTCE Elementary Education K-6

FTCE Elementary Education K-6 main idea Can be stated or implied. Code Emphasis approach Bottom-up. Letter-sounds are stressed. Reading instruction begins with words that consists of letter or letter combinations that have the same sound in different words. Meaning Emphasis approach emphasizes comprehension from the start Basal Reading A collection of students textbooks, workbooks, teachers manuals, and other materials and resources for reading instriction used in kindergarten through 6th grade, not individualized. Phonics Approach teaching reading by first teaching the sounds of each letter and of various letter combinations Whole word approach An approach to reading sating that people can directly connect the written word with the word's meaning. The whole-word approach argues against "sounding out" an unfamiliar word. Instead, readers should identify the word in terms of its context within a sentence. Language experience approach approach to writing instruction from personal experience; stories about personal experiences are written by teacher and read together until learner associates written form of word with spoken; can also be a group activity restating stories read by teacher Word consciousness learning activities that stimulate awareness and interest in words, their meanings, and their power - students enjoy words and are zealous about learning them Reading Experience Mercer and Mercer divided the reading experience into two categories : Word Recognition and Word and Idea comprehension. Characteristics of Good Readers 1. Think about what they are reading and formulate questions and answer them 2. Attempt to pronounce unknown words using analogies to familiar words 3. Establish a purpose for reading and make predictions 4. Confirm, make new predictions, and go back when things don't make sense during reading Stages of Writing 1. Prewriting 2. Drafting 3. Revising 4. Editing 5. Publication Responding to non-graded writing formative 1. Avoid using a red pen 2. Explain criteria in advance 3. Ask yourself if response is appropriate to assignment