Ch. 4: Early Intervention (Effective Reading Strategies)

By March 1, post a reflection here about one of the strategies from Ch. 4 in Effective Reading Strategies. What is it about this strategy that makes it particularly important to you as a teacher, or to the kind of classroom you hope to have, or to the kinds of students you hope to teach? What makes it "powerful"?

Linking the Bridge to Emergent Literacy Best Practice

After you've completed the assignments for our virtual class meeting, Feb. 10, think carefully about the best practice recommendations of the position statement you read. How could the Bridge Assessment help you implement best practices in your own classroom. Please give two specific examples. Optional additional task: If you have any questions about the tasks for Feb. 10, ask them here.

Emergent Literacy (Intervention and Assessment)

By Feb. 1, post (a) one idea you have for teaching any of the "components" of emergent literacy (p. 59) as what Rasinski calls a "powerful instructional routine" (p. 74), and (b) one question you have from either reading assignment.

Emergent Literacy (Assessment)

Please post your response by Jan. 25. What are the differences between the Bridge and the ERSI? Why? What question(s) do you have about emergent literacy?

Welcome and Intros

Welcome to the RE 3900 blog on literacy in students with disabilities. Our focus throughout the semester will be on how to teach reading and writing to all of the students you (will) serve in your future and current classrooms. To get started, and to make sure you have successfully found this blog, please reply to this post with a brief introduction in "Comments" below. You'll find my intro there already. See you Wednesday.