Week 7 - Assignment 2

How can you ensure that your struggling readers have access to texts they can easily read?

To ensure your struggling readers have access to text they can easily read make sure you have a classroom library that includes books for all types of reading learners. There should be various levels of books and reading materials. Additionally students should be paired for reading instruction with another student on the same level and be given a book by the teacher that is appropriate.

 How can you foster a learning environment in which students have many opportunities to practice reading?

Make your classroom a reading environment. Your students have to know they are readers. There should always be reading opportunities. Students should be allowed to borrow books from the class library and read on their own time outside school. There should be independent, shared and guided reading in the daily schedule.

Describe ways in which you can model fluent reading in your classroom throughout the day.

Modeling reading to students is extremely crucial. Children need to hear the correct pronunciation of words. Many students especially those from parents of immigrants never had the chance to hear a book being read properly. When a student hears the teacher reading they pick up vocabulary, pronunciation and many new words. You can model fluent reading while reading the instruction of a worksheet, while reading a passage in a textbook. A teacher must model fluent reading throughout the day whether by guided reading or independent reading by helping students with unfamiliar words.