America‚ the most technologically advanced and affluent of all nations on the earth‚ seems to have an increasingly larger illiteracy rate every year. This has become and continues to be a critical problem throughout our society as we know it. According to the National Adult Literacy survey‚ 42 million adult Americans can’t read; 50 million are limited to a 4th or 5th grade reading level; one in every four teenagers drops out of high school‚ and of the students who graduate‚ one in every four has
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to invest in a patent. Upon advice from friend he had 20 mothers test the products marketability. Of the 20 mothers‚ all 20 loved the concept. In 1995 LeapFrog Enterprises released their first product‚ the Phonics Desk which integrates technology with research-based learning model for phonics instruction. Toys R Us bought 40‚000 units for the upcoming holiday season. This came out to be a $2.4 million order and allowed Wood to leave his law practice. It was then the company was launched. In 1997
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FOREIGN RELATED LITERATURE My name is Robin Rutherford and I will be your child’s Kindergarten teacher this year. I am looking forward to an exciting and productive year with your child. This is my fifth year as a teacher at Parkview Elementary. I have 14 years of experience teaching Kindergarten. I graduated from TexasTech University with a degree in Early Childhood Development with a teaching certificate Pre-K through 6th grade. Over the years‚ I have taken many hours of professional
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A READING AND WRITING PROGRAM FOR TODAY’S STUDENTS Reading Is an active process in which the reader constructs meaning from text. The school should build on the language and literacy skills that the child has learned at home. Is not simply a matter of acquiring and perfecting skills‚ it also accumulating vocabulary‚ concept‚ experiences‚ and background knowledge. Nine (9) Principles of Reading and Writing Program 1. Children learn to read by reading Learning to read is a little like learning to
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For my new concentration in Reading Education‚ I bring experience as an English/language arts teacher at the high school level as well as undergraduate and graduate coursework in literacy education. Currently‚ I work as a writing co-teacher for high school in Newark‚ New Jersey. In this role‚ I co-plan and modify instruction to accommodate the diverse learning needs of students classified as receiving special education services. In this role‚ I work with many students who are low ability readers
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intervention is adding a visual schedule. Although our class has a consistent routine‚ the use of visual supports may help facilitate improved structure and predictability (Aspy and Grossman‚ 2011). I would like to experiment with the visual schedule during phonics instruction‚ breaking the 45 minutes of instructional time into specific tasks (flashcards‚ new letter instruction‚ white board practice‚ coloring letter‚ magnetic letters‚ and then
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Learning Differences Paper Eddie* is an eleven year old boy who is in the 5th grade at AMA. He has had significant school behavior problems since early elementary school resulting in AMA as his third elementary school placement. Eddie is a general education student‚ but receives support from the at-risk specialist. Eddie’s mother reports significant difficulty with his behavior at home. She states he “doesn’t get along” with his 3 siblings‚ ages 4‚ 2‚ and 10 months and his relationship
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exaggerated my hand gestures. After the teacher came back she did a sharing and counting activity using bears/animals & a container. Boy A understands more about equableness than the other children in his group. After group activity children had phonics time with the whole class just before lunch.
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As time goes by‚ Malaysia’s education system undergoes big changes. In 1983‚ Kurikulum Baru Sekolah Rendah (KBSR) was introduced and made some changes to the education system. 10 years later‚ its name was changed to Kurikulum Bersepadu Sekolah Rendah (KBSR). Now‚ a new curriculum was introduced a year ago‚ 2011 to replace KBSR: Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR). KSSR was introduced to reorganize and upgrade the current curriculum. Changes can be clearly seen in the aspect of key areas‚ curriculum
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Miss Sharon Jordan 65 Birmingham road Rowley Regis West midlands B65 0HS Student number JOR010HS / S28787 Assignment 7 Question 1) Vocabulary factors Level of English proficiency / Educational background Factors foe ELs Motivation / Primary language Vocabulary knowledge • How well developed students vocabulary is affects how much comprehended during reading. • Social language v. academic language: (i.e. a student may have vocabulary for communication skills but may
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