RDG 415 Wk 1 Discussion – Teaching Reading

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

You are beginning your fourth year of teaching third grade at Roosevelt Elementary School, and you have been asked to serve as a literacy coach at your school. As a goal this school year, the district reading specialist wants to ensure that parents and families are familiar with the stages of reading development and factors that affect student success or failure in reading. She asked you to develop a presentation for parents and families that covers these topics.

To prepare for the presentation, you are asked to discuss the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Do you believe that all elementary teachers are reading teachers? Why or why not?
• Consider all the factors that play a role in a child’s reading development. Refer to Ch. 11 in your text, Understanding Reading Problems. Which factors do you believe have the greatest impact? Why?
• What do you believe is the most challenging aspect of teaching the reading process? How will your knowledge of the science of reading influence your approach to teaching the reading process?

Explain and provide specific examples to support your response.

Review the College’s Conceptual Framework.

• How does this topic link to the College’s Conceptual Framework and the framework’s philosophical relationship to effective teacher preparation?

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

RDG 415 Wk 2 Discussion – Identifying Reading Difficulties

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

During the first week of school, you are studying the assessment results of your students from the prior year. You discover that 7 of your students were not reading at grade level at the end of last year.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What types of formal and informal assessments should you use to determine your students’ current reading levels and/or difficulties in reading?
• Recommend 2 educational technology-based tools that you can use to conduct informal assessments. Describe how you would use each tool.
• How will you use the results of the assessments to inform your reading instruction?
• Recommend 2 educational technology-based tools that you can use in your modified instruction based on assessment results. Describe how you would use each tool.

Explain and provide specific examples to support your responses.

Review the College’s Conceptual Framework.

• How does this topic link to the College’s Conceptual Framework and the framework’s philosophical relationship to effective teacher preparation?

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

RDG 415 Wk 3 Discussion – Selecting Screening Tools

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

As a teacher at your school, you have been asked to serve on the Literacy Committee for the Roosevelt School District. This week’s meeting focuses on assessments. Reflect on what you know about formal and informal assessments.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What criteria would you use to select an effective screening assessment?
• List and describe some examples of screening assessments you would use for grades K–3 to identify students with potential reading problems. What screening assessments would you use for students in grades 4–8?
• What next steps might you take with students who are flagged by a reading screening assessment? Why would you take those steps?
• How would you communicate to parents about their child who is struggling with literacy?

Explain and provide specific examples to support your response.

Review the College’s Conceptual Framework.

• How does this topic link to the College’s Conceptual Framework and the framework’s philosophical relationship to effective teacher preparation?

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

RDG 415 Wk 4 Discussion – Instructional Intervention Strategies

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

As a third-grade teacher, you need to have a toolkit of different strategies for instructional intervention in reading. Reflect on the strategies you’ve learned about.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• Describe 3 instructional intervention strategies to apply toward different types of reading problems. Which reading domain(s) do the strategies address? Explain the rationale for each strategy.
• Based on what you have learned about the types of reading difficulties students can experience and the interventions used, how might you modify your methods for teaching reading?
• How might your knowledge of the science of reading inform your selection of reading interventions?

Explain and provide rationale to support your response.

Review the College’s Conceptual Framework.

• How does this topic link to the College’s Conceptual Framework and the framework’s philosophical relationship to effective teacher preparation?

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

RDG 415 Wk 5 Discussion – Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Difficulties

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

As an educator, you will encounter and work with diverse learners, such as English learners, who struggle with literacy. It will be critical to detect and remediate their reading difficulties early on and provide differentiated instruction that will target their needs.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What do you consider the most important issues regarding diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties? Why?
• Describe 2 remediation strategies for English learners who are struggling to read at the lower elementary level.
• Recommend 3 online or computer-based tools or resources that can support reading remediation for English learners. Explain how each can be used instructionally.

Review the College’s Conceptual Framework.

• How does this topic link to the College’s Conceptual Framework and the framework’s philosophical relationship to effective teacher preparation?

Due Monday

Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.