Teaching Reading Skills
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Jeremy Said:
Does anyone have any tips on teaching my daughter to read??We Answered:
Don't worry so much about teaching her academics. You don't want her to know the curriculum before she starts school or she will end up bored. It's like learning German before you take a German class.What is most important is social and emotion development. Make sure she gets lots of experience with other children (one on one and in groups). Consider sending her to preschool not more than 3 days a week and no more than 3 hours (up a day when she turns 4 and than 5). If you can't do this, find other ways for her to be around other children. Children who have good social and emotional skills do well in school.
Help her to gain self confidence. Don't use extrinsic motivators ("Good job!", candy, stickers). Children who are extrinsically rewarded care more about what others think of them rather than how they feel about themselves. Use intrinsic motivators. Say things like "Look how high you can climb! You did that by yourself! You used so many colors on that painting!" These phrases are all great confidence builders.
These are some basic skills that your daughter should have before starting school: hold a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize her name, write her name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), know 8 basic colors, cut with scissors, dress herself, take care of bathroom needs. She should learn a few letter sounds and recognize numbers and quantities. You can play "I spy" to teach letter sounds "I spy something that starts with "mmmm." Show her the symbol of that letter. Play counting games. Count all the cars you pass or count out how many forks you will need for dinner. Keep it fun! Here is a link to some more readiness skills http://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/schools/regi…
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Good luck!
Todd Said:
Teaching developmental skills at a community college?We Answered:
Yes, I would have said that most CC teachers have a Masters, but if you say that it is possible to teach with a B.S., I would guess that you could apply for a "non-tenure lecture position", or you could ask the if there is any way you could help out in the department.If you were still considering taking up a Masters, you could try to coordinate this plan with teaching at the same CC, or teaching at the CC and taking courses at a local University. In the first way, you may get a tuition break; in either case, your goal is to help you get the job by showing that you intend to extend your knowledge. Somehow address this plan in your application (cover letter).
Toni Said:
What are some easy to use methods to teach 5th graders reading skills?We Answered:
Good reading skills are dependent on a good vocabulary. Make a list of the new vocab words from their readers and have a spelling bee. Only instead of spelling the words, your students have to give their meaning or use the word in a sentence to gain credit.Another good one for oral reading is "popcorn." There are different ways to do this, but I like having one student start a reading selection. Then, after a paragraph or so, the teacher says, "popcorn!" and the student must select another student to read and the process starts again. If your students have confidence in their reading abilities, this can be entirely student directed.
Reading poetry aloud is also a great way to build reading skills. They get a feel for the rhythm of the language. You may want to model poetry reading before your students try it.
Leo Said:
I need a game that teaches reading skills to kindergartners.?We Answered:
You could use reader's theater where the students act out each character and use the dialogue in the story. The kids love it! Look up literature circles made to suit kindergarteners. You read the title and ask the students what they think the book is about. Then after you read a little of it, you stop and ask what they think will happen next. Get creative by asking definitions of certain words in the text. Maybe even get the kids to act out certain actions a character is performing in the book. Ask them how they would have reacted to certain situations differently than the character did. What do they think the consequences for those actions are. What do they think will happen to the character because of his or her actions. Etc.Billie Said:
What's the best way to teach reading skills to a newborn?We Answered:
Hello,Start it now and it will increase gradually.
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