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Activity
3 ~~ Stages of Reading in your Classroom (1 hour 30 minutes)
Note: When you complete this assignment,
save your work to submit to the course facilitator.
Objective: Assess your students'
current reading stages, and then use that information to consider possible
modifications to current grouping, instruction, and classroom materials.
Activity A: The Stages of Reading
and Your Class
Read Development of Literacy by O' Donnell & Wood's.
Use the
Class
Stages Chart and list all of the students in your class. For each student,
place a check mark in the column of the stage that most closely describes
that student. Use the following letters for the stages:
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ER
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Emergent
Reader |
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IR
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Initial Reading |
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T
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Transitional |
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BL
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Basic Literacy |
Activity B: Implications for Grouping,
Materials, Assessment, & Instruction
After charting the stages of reading for
your class, please use a word processing software(for example, MSWord)
and respond to the following four questions.
Question 1
Do you see any need to regroup
your students? Briefly explain why or why not. If they need to be
regrouped, can you reasonably accommodate the new groupings in terms
of size and range of readers? |
Question 2
Think about your materials.
Are your current materials of appropriate level and type for your
different readers? Also think about centers, classroom library and
independent reading. |
Question 3
Do you feel competent to assess
your students' reading stages and levels? What type of additional
knowledge, skills, and support do you need?
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Question
4
Do you need to make any shifts in your instruction? If
so, what type and for which groups? |
Submit: Class Stages Chart, Reply
to Questions 1, 2, 3, and 4. You should title this document "Session 2 Required Activity". Submit assignment to facilitator.
When you're finished, please proceed to
Activity 4.
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