Thursday, August 23, 2012

Analysis of a Video: Assessing Reading Skills

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“Watch & Learn: Assessing Reading Skills”

This video discussed the importance of ongoing assessments.  Through these assessments teachers are able to identify problems and work with the student to correct the issues and become better more fluent readers.  The main goal of reading is comprehension.  This video along with my previous EDRD class have stressed that goal.  Without decoding skills and fluency, comprehension becomes very difficult.  The video talked about readers who exhaust themselves on decoding gain very little meaning from the text.  As a first grade teacher it is my goal to build decoding and fluency skills early, so children can begin focusing on meaning as soon as possible.  It was also interesting that the video pointed out that a high IQ score doesn’t guarantee reading success.    
I am always looking for new ways to reach my students and improve my instruction.  I enjoy using a variety of strategies and tools with my students, and I am looking forward to learning even more throughout this semester.     

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