teach K-3 students to read and write?
Teaching Young Children to Read and Write
Throughout this course you have been reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking about evidence-based strategies and approaches to teaching children how to read and write. One of the purposes of this course was to challenge you to rethink traditional practices, observe teaching strategies with new perspectives and better conceptualize the creation of a balanced approach to K-3 literacy instruction.
The Signature Assignment in this course posits the question “How do we best teach K-3 students to read and write?” This will be evidenced through the compilation of a 10-12 page research paper separated into four sections
- Children’s Literacy Development
- Organizing for Literacy Instruction
- Teaching and Learning Strategies/Methods
- Literacy Assessment
This academic paper will also contain a clear introduction and conclusion and use APA is conventions as is required in graduate level writing.
The Signature Assignment address overarching questions such as:
What are students expected to know and be able to do to be successful readers and writers?
What instructional opportunities are necessary to support successful students?
How do we best assess literacy development?
What is the role of technology in a balanced K-3 literacy environment?
The Signature Assignment is an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of research, strategies, and techniques learned in the course and how you plan to apply this knowledge in your own classroom practices in connection with evidence-based findings. A signature assignment rubric is included to help guide your development of this important scholarly work. Please review it carefully to determine you have completed this capstone assignment according to the required specifications and to the degree to which you aspire.
Examples from the course
Organizing for Instruction
Approaches to teach reading and writing:
- Guided reading
- Basal reading programs
- Literature focus units
- Literature circles
- Reading and writing workshops
Teaching and Learning strategies/Methods
Reading
Decoding word-learning
Study comprehension
Digital
Nonlinearity Intertextuality
Interactivity Multiple modalities
Writing
Prewriting Editing
Drafting publishing
revising
Literacy Assessments
- Conferences
- Checklist
- Student’s work samples
- Rubrics
- Anecdotal notes
- Diagnostic test
- Informal reading inventories
- Miscue analysis
- Monitoring
- Observation
- Phonemic awareness
- Portfolios
- Running record
- Standardized test
Websites:
https://www.learner.org/
https://www.k12reader.com/
http://www.readingrockets.org/
https://twowritingteachers.
https://standardizedtests.
https://www.k5chalkbox.com/6-
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Teach K-3 to Read and Write
Introduction
K-3 students require a specific teaching method in order to be efficient in classes. For instance, the K-3 teachers should use various strategies to ensure that these students get the best in school. In addition to that, the teachings on how to read and write are also essential to promote the literacy level of such students. Instructors should, therefore, organize various resources to ensure that the students’ ability to read and write develops effectively. There are various methods and strategies that should be incorporated in learning institutions to ascertain that such students benefit equally during lessons. Due to the modern changes in science and technology, there are various technologies used to support learning for the K-3 students.
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