Week 2 Assignment# 3 Summary of videos

After viewing the ten videos; Becoming aware of print, Tuning in to speech sounds, Fun with phonemes, The Alphabet Principles, Developing Fluency, Semantic gradient, spelling Patterns, Jigsaw, Room of Writers and Assessing reading skills, I learned that extracting meaning from text is the real reason for reading. In the first video, we see that when priority is given to reading, it becomes pleasurable and not a chore. In the second video, it was clear that at very early stage in life children are able to recognize variation in sounds which can help them with language development. In Fun with Phonemes; two great strategies are reading aloud and word games because they help student identify and isolate word parts. In The alphabet Principle, I noticed that phonemic awareness was independent of Intelligence Quotient(IQ). Very smart student could still struggle with letter sounds and word recognition. In the video, Developing fluency, a variety of strategies were used in the program RAVE-O. These included read -aloud and word webs that helped decoding and comprehension. Semantic Gradient focused on strategy to think about words and help develop vocab through relationship. Spelling patterns was done through a program called RISE which focus on daily reading for ninety minutes every day. Spelling is a major component that allow student to see a vast amount of words that can be added ti their vocabulary. In Jigsaw a cooperative society is developed where some student acts as experts in specific area and then teach it to their peers. For the video Room of Writers, they focus on the various layers of writing like ;mechanics, Idea, purpose, audience and Genre. Finally, in Assessing reading Skills, they focus on a tailored instruction to help struggling readers.