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Internship Reflections

re3030 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:50:55 +0000

Post a reflection for each week you intern for a total of 5 reflections. Include in your reflections the following:

What have you seen in language arts/reading instruction?

What have you taught in your internship?

Comment on any interesting things that you have noticed about your school, the teachers, the students, or the curriculum.

Post any questions that you have about teaching/learning.

Woody Trathen & Omer Ari

Text Talk Lesson–Update

re3030 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:41:04 +0000

Part 3 of Text Talk Lesson

You will NOT be doing the Text Talk lesson in class, but we encourage you to do it during your internship.

Part 3: Find text talk book for your next text talk lesson. You will be planning a text talk lesson that you will do in class–choose a picture book for this lesson and bring title or book to class. See the list of books at the back of the text talk lesson in the packet–you may select from these titles or another if you get my approval. Also see the examples of the lessons on the class Web site–do NOT select books that already have lessons on the Web site. You may select a book with a diversity theme and use this book for your assignment in CI 3000.

Woody Trathen & Omer Ari

Rasinski (2004). Creating Fluent Readers.

re3030 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:31:36 +0000

Post your responses to the following questions for this assignment.

1. What are the three dimensions of fluency? How can you assess each dimension?

2. Rasinski refers to fluency as a “bridge” between decoding and comprehension. What does he mean by the “bridge” metaphor?

3. What instructional methods does Rasinski suggest for students with difficulties in automatic and prosodic reading?

4. Multidimensional Fluency Scale (MFS) is used to measure prosodic quality of oral reading. List components of the MFS and describe what each refers to (p. 49).

5. Given what you have learned in class, what do you think is the most efficient way to measure prosody?

Woody Trathen

What are the three dimensions of fluency? How can you assess each dimension?

Rasinski refers to fluency as a “bridge” between decoding and comprehension. What does he mean by the “bridge” metaphor?

What instructional methods does Rasinski suggest for students with difficulties in automatic and prosodic reading?

Multidimensional Fluency Scale (MFS) is used to measure prosodic quality of oral reading. List components of the MFS and describe what each refers to (p. 49).

DRTA Article Response–Optional

re3030 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:26:33 +0000

Optional Blog Post to DRTA Research Article

DRTA Research article (Stahl, 2008) (Download and read the DRTA article, powerpoint, and use study guide to help you read the article.)

Study Guide for Stahl (2008) (Download the study guide, answer the questions and save the file, then copy and paste the questions and answers into a post on your blog.)

Post the responses to the study guide on your blog.

Woody Trathen

Post DRTA Lesson (Frog and Toad)

re3030 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:30:57 +0000

Plan a DRTA lesson for one of the chapters in Frog and Toad. You will type this lesson, following the example given in class, post it on your blog, and bring it to class to conduct a DRTA lesson. After conducting the lesson, you may revise and edit your DRTA lesson posted on your blog.

Woody Trathen

Post Response to Chapter 5 Howard Street Tutoring (Morris)

re3030 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:28:09 +0000

Read Chapter 5 (Curt–pgs. 170-187) from Howard Street Tutoring Manual by Morris.

Study Guide for Chapter 5, Curt (Use study guide to post response on your blog.)

Post completed study guide on your blog.

Woody Trathen

Blog Post for Words Their Way–Optional

re3030 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:52:48 +0000

Please read Chapter 1 from Words Their Way (download from our course Web page),
pages 8-24. Look at the PowerPoint summary of this chapter.

Take notes about the characteristics of the different stages of spelling development. Then on your blog briefly summarize the key characteristics of each spelling stage:

Emergent (Preliterate)

Letter Name-Alphabetic (Early Letter Name and Letter Name)

Within Word Pattern (Within Word)

Syllables & Affixes (Syllable Juncture)

Woody Trathen

Word Study Article Response (Ehri article)–Optional

re3030 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:23:09 +0000

Word Study Research Article: Spellings of Words: A Neglected Facilitator of Vocabulary Learning by Ehri (2007) (Download and read article; use study guide to help you focus on what is most important.)

Study Guide for Ehri Article (Use study guide to write response on your blog.)

Copy and Paste the responses to the study guide in your blog. Consult the daily lessons on the course Web site for due dates.

Woody Trathen

Response to Stahl Chapter: Storybook Reading

re3030 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:21:20 +0000

Download the chapter by Stahl (3003):

What Do We Expect Storybook Reading to Do? How Storybook Reading Impacts Word Recognition.

Download the study guide for the Stahl article and use it to post a response on your blog. Answer all 8 questions in your post.

You can do this by copying and pasting from the MS Word document to your blog post. Or you can upload the MS Word file, if you want to try that technique.

Email me if you have questions.

Woody Trathen

Text Talk Lesson Posted to Blog

re3030 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:33:00 +0000

Complete the Text Talk Lesson for the book you selected and post it to your blog. Create a page for these lessons.

Woody Trathen