Readings

Question 1

1st Reading Sally Shaywittz

Answer 1

“Language is instinctive but reading is not” Stephen Pinker.
We blame children for reading disabilities.
Wernecke’s reading in the back of the brain understimulated.
Subvocalization. Saying words under the breath.
Practice neuro pathways and the plastic brain.
Connecticut Longitudeinal study 400 children.
Dyslexics lower level phonological deficits higher level intact.
Hyperlexia terrific Decoding no comprehension
Dyslexia don’t see letters backwards.
Teachers are blamed for poor readers.

Question 2

1st week second reading The process of learning to read

Answer 2

Quantum Physics and Shakespearian Readings different yet the same.
Starting in early childhood development of sounds.
Think of notes from first class on phonological and orthographical development.
Children learning holistically and then go to segmental or alphabetic (using a code).
Acquiring vocabulary 7 words a day through high school.
Understanding and meaning continue throughout school. With meta analysis occurring later.

Question 3

2nd week 1st reading Optional Stanovich

Answer 3

Reading is not an easy skill.
Gathering evidence formal testing
Published findings research based evidence
Proof of Reason based practice.
Replication and peer reviewed.
“No Researcher is an island” Paraphrasing John Don
Making mistakes in public for all to see.
Galileo observation is not the only method.
Testable Questons: Theory, Prediction, Test, Modify.

Question 4

2nd week 1st Real Reading Katz ABC’s of Evidence Based Learning.

Answer 4

Evidence based strategies. Gerard and Celeste
NCLB
Barriers Lack of time.
Trying to determine what is most likely to work.
Magnitude and repeatability. 
ABC's of evidence based practice
Access evidence-based practices.
Be careful with fidelity. 
Check student progress.
Peer Support and Success
CBM's (grade based do not agree with).

Question 5

2nd Reading Moats Whole Reading Hijinks

Answer 5

The Reading Panel's BIg 5
We continue to embrace whole language
Whole reading keep their materials on the market.
Four Blocks
Tutoring flawed Reading Recovery
Whole language argue that literary experience encourages reading.
Big companies Reading Programs
SRA/McGraw-Hill’s Open Court, Harcourt’s Trophies, and Scott Foresman’s Reading Street
Ealry Intervention.Kindergarten 1st grade.
Recommendaitons
1. Learn about reading process.
2. Learn about why students fail.
3. Models for teaching.
4. Continuing education.
5. Alternative Teacher Licensing
6. Teacher Assessment
7. School Board Support
8. Good Curriculum