Literacy Program eview
"eading is the number one priority, and reading has been declared a critical teacher shortage area," (University Of Florida, 2013). It is not only the developing nations that are fighting for educational programs and improving literacy but the developed nations like America is also struggling to improve the quality of education (Florida Literacy Coalition, n.a.). American attempt for improving literacy programs focuses to improve the quality of reading, writing, English, Math and family literacy. In Florida alone, different programs are run by public and private institutes in order to achieve the goal of increased quality education. Programs like NSW Department of Education and Training's one to one computing offers digital education and the Florida Differentiated Accountability Program analyzes the administrations capability to offer quality education. The students often face difficulty in reading. Such students are offered programs on the basis of age and grades they study. Such programs…...
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Florida Literacy Coalition, (n.a.), Retrieved from:
http://www.floridaliteracy.org/find_a_program_current.asp
University Of Florida, (2013), Retrieved from:
Literacy Coaching: Elementary Grades
Learning to read and write begins early in children's development, long before they enter kindergarten. Moreover, literacy skill development in early childhood provides the foundation for children's long-term academic success. Over the past two decades, researchers have identified key emergent literacy skills that develop progressively in children during their preschool years and are highly predictive of later success in learning to read (Elish-Piper, 2011). These skills include phonological awareness (e.g., hearing and manipulating smaller sounds in words), letter knowledge (e.g., identifying and naming letters), print awareness (e.g., noticing print and following words on a page), and oral language (e.g., describing events and telling stories). Many young children face significant challenges in learning to read because they lack essential early literacy skills when they begin school. In fact, children who are poor readers at the end of elementary school are most often those who fail to develop early…...
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Bowman, M., & Treiman, R. (2004). Stepping stones to reading. Theory Into Practice, 43(4), 295-303.
Elish-Piper, L.K. (2011). Examining the relationship between literacy coaching and student reading gains in grades k-3. Elementary School Journal, 112(1), 83-106.
Savage, J.F. (2007). Sound it out: Phonics in a comprehensive reading program (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Stover, K. (2011). Differentiated coaching: Fostering reflection with teachers. Reading Teacher, 64(7), 498. doi:10.1598/RT.64.7.3
oskos (2004) contradicts that in their article becasuse they explain how wonderful early literacy has become with getting new technology but forgets to mention that only schools that have the money are able to have theses luxuries. The article is misleading because it makes it appear as though all school have all the proper tools they need when it comes to assessments and that simply is not true. (Boudreau, (2005) in his article evaluate the use of a parent questionnaire in the assessment of developing and early literacy skills of preschool children with language damages and states that all schools have this privilage and that they are equally succesful in the school. However, oskos (2004) does not believe that is true and states just the opposite and that all scgools do not have the proper assessment school and because of that misfortune has caused a lot of them to…...
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Agnew, J.C. (2005). Teaching early literacy: Development, assessment, and instruction. Choice, 14(5), 342.
Boudreau, D. (2005). Use of a parent questionnaire in emergent and early literacy assessment of preschool children. Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools,, 21(7), 33-47.
Hourcade, J.J. (2006). Handy manny and the emergent literacy technology toolkit. Early Childhood Education Journal,, 37(6), 483-491.
Manning, M. & . (2005). EARLY LITERACY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS. Childhood Education,, 81(2), 117.
Literacy in Context Assessment - Science
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Literacy Context Assessment -- Science
Literacy in Context Assessment -- Science
Brief Student Profile -- Student Unnamed
This student is in year 3. Compared with other students from this year, the student's handwriting is clear and neat. The student exhibits basic to intermediate understanding of the assignment and the information that is vital in order to complete the task. The child is like not at the top of his/her class, due to spelling issues and problems in sentence formation. It is additionally unclear as to what to degree science interests this student.
Analysis of Student's Work Sample
The paper will analyse the student sample is from a child in Year 3 and how the sample demonstrates the demands for since in Year 3. The work sample takes the shape of a work sheet. On the left half of the sheet, there are squares meant for illustration. To the right of…...
g., using prior knowledge, self-monitoring for breaks in comprehension, and analyzing new vocabulary);growth in conceptual knowledge (e.g., reading tradebooks to supplement textbook information) (Alvermann, D, 2001).
However a very important thing I should mention is the existence of big gaps in adolescent literacy achievement in high school, as I noted above, but, the gap was also defined as the disparity in White and Black students' achievement and in richer and poorer students' achievement. And what is even more worrying is that despite the longstanding federal agenda to reduce this disparity, it has remained largely unchanged. As I have shown, gaps exist between adolescents in terms of literacy achievement that seem to be even more evident among minority groups.
However, compared to early literacy, 9-12 students' literacy has receive less attention up to the present moment. Today there is a growing interest in adolescent literacy but however, early literacy has several advantages both…...
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David W. Moore,
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We therefore envision the Holy Cross Literacy Garden as an immensely beneficial social and educational community resource that will benefit not only our parish but the entire community. However, planning, developing, constructing, planting, and maintaining a literacy garden will require hard work, dedication, and funding. We currently seek community volunteers as well as grant money to help us complete the literacy garden. We expect a large turnout of volunteer manpower from the Church and from the community. We intend to keep the budget for the garden low, to ensure immediate construction and success. Local landscaping and gardening workers may be willing to donate their services for a nominal fee. Many of the people involved with the initial stages of the project will learn how to construct community gardens on their own: by conducting Internet and library research. This grant proposal includes a list of websites that we will draw on…...
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Dodds School Literacy Garden." (n.d.). Retrieved July 30, 2005 at http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/dodds/literacygarden/stones.html
DeAraujo, C. (1998, Sept 9). "Garden helps to put down roots." Providence Journal Bulletin. Retrieved July 30, 2005 online at http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/garden.html
Linking Literacy and Garden Creatures." Retrieved July 30, 2005 online at http://www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/Sept_01/2linking_literacy.htm
Polselli, M. (n.d.). "Literacy Garden. Retrieved online July 30, 2005 at http://polsellikindergarten.tripod.com/Comprehension%20Strategies/Planting%20a%20Literacy%20Garden.htm
These problems are compounded for frican-mericans by cultural insensitivity in health materials." (Birru and Steinman, 2004)
V. LITERCY TODY
8) Mann, John G. (1989) Literacy Today: Realtime Technology Transformation. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. bstract Online available at http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED331475&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED331475
s noted in the work of John G. Mann entitled: "Literacy Today: Realtime Technology Transformation" the meaning of literacy in today's world has expanded as it now includes literacy in regards to technology. Mann states: "Computer assisted instruction programs for adult literacy are becoming more prevalent in learning centers, community organizations, and in schools across the country. Computers are also being used to curb illiteracy at the source, in elementary and secondary schools, in an effort to reduce dropout rates"
9) Washington, Julie a. (2006) Emergent Literacy, Language, and frican-merican Preschoolers at Risk. RTLL Fall Conference 20 Oct 2006. Online available at http://www.cpb.org/grants/leadinliteracy/2006fallconferencepresentations/EmergentLiteracyLanguagefricanmericanPreschoolersJulieWashington.pdf
Julie a. Washington (2006) writes that…...
mlaAs noted in the work of John G. Mann entitled: "Literacy Today: A Realtime Technology Transformation" the meaning of literacy in today's world has expanded as it now includes literacy in regards to technology. Mann states: "Computer assisted instruction programs for adult literacy are becoming more prevalent in learning centers, community organizations, and in schools across the country. Computers are also being used to curb illiteracy at the source, in elementary and secondary schools, in an effort to reduce dropout rates"
9) Washington, Julie a. (2006) Emergent Literacy, Language, and African-American Preschoolers at Risk. RTLL Fall Conference 20 Oct 2006. Online available at http://www.cpb.org/grants/leadinliteracy/2006fallconferencepresentations/EmergentLiteracyLanguageAfricanAmericanPreschoolersJulieWashington.pdf
Julie a. Washington (2006) writes that literacy development "...begins long before a child ever enters a formal preschool or elementary classroom setting, or receives conventional reading instruction!!!" In fact small babies learn "the sound structure, rhythms and tones of the language in their environment. They are also learning to associate these wounds with words and meanings." (Washington, 2006) Washington states that when African-American children from low income families enter preschool "they are motivated, bright and eager to learn..." (2006) Unfortunately "Children who are poor, African-American or Hispanic and educated in urban schools are at high risk for reading difficulties." (2006)
A greater literacy lets us act as a guide to others, lets us grow ourselves from knowledge into wisdom -- it can even let us interpret reality without empirical data: for by learning the letter of the laws of nature, we are able to understand the ways in which nature and world conduct their affairs -- without forever being reliant upon the tables and stats of men. Literacy assists in the establishment of something sorely lacking in the world today: common sense. The lack of common sense is directly related to the illiteracy of men and the loss of identity.
If it were not so, why then would we hear of the "several people" who "reported using private writing to purge feelings, primarily anger or grief" ("Remembering riting, Remembering Reading" 107)? riting allows us to express the unexpressable -- it allows us to see who and what we are. It…...
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Brandt, D. "Literacy in American Lives." Literacy and Learning. Josey-Bass, 2009.
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Brandt, D. "Remembering Writing, Remembering Reading." Literacy and Learning.
Josey-Bass, 2009. Print.
Literacy in the Aegean Bronze Age
Anthropologists and archaeologists call certain societies "iron age" or "bronze age." In doing this they recognize that the properties of the main metal used by a society's technology greatly affect both its use and through this the nature of that society. For instance, bronze unlike iron is too soft to be used for ploughing; it is an alloy. Bronze can be smelted at lower temperatures than iron which need specialized supplies of charcoal. All these facts affect societies which use bronze and iron. For example, since bronze cannot be used for ploughing these societies cannot produce in many regions the large agriculture surplus iron societies can; since bronze requires tin bronze age societies had to trade, etc. (Claiborne, 1974) I believe the same parallel exists between the different characteristics of different writing systems and its use as a communication technology in a society.
The Bronze Age…...
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1. Claiborne, Robert. The Birth of Writing. The Emergence of Man Series. Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books: 1974.
2. Cline, E.H. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: International Trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum, 1994.
3. Davies, W.V. And Schofield, L., editors. Egypt, the Aegean and the Levant: Interconnections in the Second Millennium BC. London: British Museum, 1995.
4. Gelb, Ignace J. A Study of Writing. Revised edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974.
I cannot blame my teachers, who were definitely doing their best to introduce their students to the great works of literature like Beowulf. However, so many of the texts they taught did not interest me. I found them difficult to comprehend and resented being told what to read. Although I persisted in reading and in developing my literacy, I ceased reading on my own. Mainly this was because I didn't have enough time to read what I wanted; I was too busy reading what I had to for class.
While I do appreciate the fact that I was introduced to Shakespeare and company in junior high and high school, I do wish that the material had been presented differently, perhaps in a similar way as I had been taught how to read in the first place: through pictures and other multimedia formats that would make the subject matter come to…...
However although the authors say that "the first section provides a brief overview of research on learning difficulties in the middle-school years" (p. 222), the discussion of the research itself could have been more in-depth, beyond only mentioning a general conclusion of the findings by only a few researchers, with perhaps more recent research studies beyond 2005. Useful strategies derived from a meta-analysis done in 1999 for improving reading comprehension were provided. Two important skills were identified as common factors in learning difficulties and these were related to reading problems -- working memory and automaticity.
The Quick Smart program was described. There were many assessment strategies incorporated into the program. The computer assisted component of the program carried out assessments at the beginning, middle and end of the study, and there were also brief assessments on a particular sub-test at the end of some of the lessons. Other assessments were…...
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Graham, L., Pegg, J. And Alder, L. (2007) Improving the reading achievement of middle -years students with learning difficulties. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 30 (3): 221-234.
The R.E.A.D. program was founded by an existing Animal-Assisted Therapy nonprofit group, Intermountain Therapy Animals, that had years of experience bringing the benefits of animals to people in need. More than eighty articles have been published about the R.E.A.D. program, including popular media such as the Wall Street Journal, Time, Parenting, and Our Children (the official publication of the National PTA), as well as scholarly sources such as a book and journal published by the Association for Childhood Education International. (ITA 2005) When participating in this program, children are not actually taught to read by the dogs (of course), but having the dogs present is enough to make a big difference for many otherwise struggling readers. The environment created by having dogs present during reading activities has been described as an inviting and motivating one that is relaxed, comfortable, nonjudgmental, empowering, and fun by participants and educators. Part of the…...
Large Scale Assessments are tests that are administered to large numbers of students, at the city, state, or district level. They are designed not so much to render individual measurement for the instructor (although this is not true for college boards), but to find strengths and weaknesses in programs, demographics, or other cross tabulated data sets. Typically, large scale assessment programs are designed to measure accountability of information and competency. Some examples are:
NAEP -- National Assessment of Educational Process. -- A periodic assessment of student progress development by the U.S. Department of Education. Covers math, science, reading, literacy, and by 2012 world history and foreign language where appropriate. Does not supply scores for individual students, but population cross-tabulated data.
WISC -- Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children -- Used for children between 6 and 16 to generate an IQ score; ten core and 5 supplemental subject areas. May be used to rank…...
Literacy and language offer meaning to the world through communication and symbolism. Yet, each individual is limited by his or her own history and perspective. The world that surrounds the individual is that which is made up of each poignant message they have heard before. Poignant does not necessarily have to be "important" by general standards. It simply has to be something that is memorable for the individual. Within Maxine Hong Kingston's work Silence is a demonstration of many significant ways of how preconceived notions based on history and culture effect the ways in which an individual perceives what is and what is not important. Kingston builds imagery around her experiences in her two very different schools and the experience within each, as she sees it today created her response to it and therefore her development of understanding.
Though the work also represents a backward glance, as most biographies do, meaning…...
Literacy Assessment
The Persona Literacy Survey provided, allowed me to self-analyze my own approaches and philosophies towards the profession of education. The survey did provide some useful information as some of my own ideas on the subject were explored. The General Considerations portion of the survey revealed that I do have some unconventional techniques when assimilating my own reading skills. It is clear from my low ratings on the items that asked about collective learning that I prefer to be very individualistic when teaching myself any subject through literacy practices. Writing tests however comes very easy for me and I scored high on this section as well as the administration portion of the survey. The After Testing section also revealed that I am aligned with many of the principles explored in this area.
My greatest strength in regards to assessment literacy is my ability to empathize and relate what I have written…...
Looking at the specifics of your question, we saw that your instructor gave you a great beginning to an outline and that you need specific types of resources for your paper on speech or language impairment. We can help you locate scholarly sources on speech or language impairment and also show you how to expand your instructor’s questions to frame an outline for the paper. You may want to focus on speech or language disorders, or, if you choose to write about both, make sure that you differentiate between them. Language disorders....
Smart phones and other mobile technology have the potential to be real game changers in terms of economic development in developing countries. Prior to the advent of mobile technology, developing countries were limited in economic development because they lacked the infrastructure to hasten that development. However, with information technology and mobile connectivity increasing, economic development can occur in areas that are otherwise isolated because of a lack of developed infrastructure. In addition, while economic development is a definite bonus of these technologies, there are some concerns about how they impact communities on....
A literacy narrative is a type of autobiographical essay in a modified narrative essay format. It focuses on a person’s own experience with one or more aspects of literacy including speaking, writing, or reading. Your literacy narrative relates a personal experience and should help explain your development as a communicator, even if not as a writer or reader.
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Teachers play a crucial and multi-faceted role in promoting literacy across all subjects, not just in language arts. This role extends beyond traditional reading and writing skills to encompass a wide range of literacy types, including digital, informational, and subject-specific literacies. Here’s an overview of the key roles teachers play in literacy for all students in all subjects:
Facilitators of Skill Development: Teachers are responsible for developing students' basic literacy skills, including reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This is essential across all subjects, as these skills are the foundation for understanding and engaging with content in any area.
Integrators of Subject-Specific Literacy:....
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