Reflective Reading
Action Reading Reflective Paper
Anissa Gaines
EDU 371
Karen Foster
June 7, 2010
Action Reading 2
Learning to read is the most important thing a child will ever learn. We learn to read to read to learn. Yes we learn through experience, but the majority of what we learning comes through reading. Developing a love for reading will lead to a success educational experience. My experience with teaching the lessons from CD 1 & 2 was for the most part fun. I used my seven and nine year old daughters. Initially I thought my nine year old would be bored with it, because she is an accelerated reader. After we really got into the lessons she was rediscovering things about foundational reading that she had forgotten. On the first CD, I think the song presentation of the letter sounds helped to hold the seven year olds interest. The activity that had the children sliding sounds together by using the cards is called blending sounds to make whole words. They also used the work book to do different activities. The first lesson talked to them about the origin of our alphabet, which they both found it interesting. With CD 1, we basically repeated skills learned over and over again. The girls were not familiar with the term engine sounds, but they gasped the concept and followed along without a problem. I observed that with used this kit with children who can already read, still has benefits.
Reflective Paper 3
My husband and I sometimes have to correct the girls in their speech, because they tend to say things in the same way they might here a friend say them which most of the time is incorrect. The activities from the kit present the correct sounds and pronunciations of words. On CD 2, we spent extra time saying the sounds as quickly as we could by following the disc. On CD 2 it gave even more history for the girls to learn. They learned that our language came from the Romans who took it to the British Isles where it ended up being the English
Anissa Gaines
EDU 371
Karen Foster
June 7, 2010
Action Reading 2
Learning to read is the most important thing a child will ever learn. We learn to read to read to learn. Yes we learn through experience, but the majority of what we learning comes through reading. Developing a love for reading will lead to a success educational experience. My experience with teaching the lessons from CD 1 & 2 was for the most part fun. I used my seven and nine year old daughters. Initially I thought my nine year old would be bored with it, because she is an accelerated reader. After we really got into the lessons she was rediscovering things about foundational reading that she had forgotten. On the first CD, I think the song presentation of the letter sounds helped to hold the seven year olds interest. The activity that had the children sliding sounds together by using the cards is called blending sounds to make whole words. They also used the work book to do different activities. The first lesson talked to them about the origin of our alphabet, which they both found it interesting. With CD 1, we basically repeated skills learned over and over again. The girls were not familiar with the term engine sounds, but they gasped the concept and followed along without a problem. I observed that with used this kit with children who can already read, still has benefits.
Reflective Paper 3
My husband and I sometimes have to correct the girls in their speech, because they tend to say things in the same way they might here a friend say them which most of the time is incorrect. The activities from the kit present the correct sounds and pronunciations of words. On CD 2, we spent extra time saying the sounds as quickly as we could by following the disc. On CD 2 it gave even more history for the girls to learn. They learned that our language came from the Romans who took it to the British Isles where it ended up being the English
References: Eller, J. (2000). Action Reading Fundamentals. Arizona. Action Reading, Inc.