Week 7: Assignment 1

Here is my Fluency Chart

1.     What texts and materials do teachers have in their classrooms that support students' development of fluent reading?

My host teacher and I provide readings of certain subjects from Edhelper (http://edhelper.com/) this website provides modified text for all types of learners. This website opens up on the Smart Board with the reading enlarged and feedback questions For social studies we have been push to use our E-book version now made simpler for students to access. The E-book information has an online glossary, translations, and breaks down the reading for students who need the information chunked.

2. How do they select vocabulary to teach in all areas of your curriculum?

      The teacher and I enter our team meetings in which we collaborate ideas. This allows us to discuss what upcoming topics are going to need clarifying. My host teacher and I construct vocabulary on posters or on the dry erase boards in the room for students to observe or review.

Example I have posted a Math Wall

2.    How much time do they allocate to word study?

     My teacher creates time throughout the morning because we have our ELL students first thing in the morning. Having students take out certain vocabulary and begin have them write three sentences using two of the terms is a way we observe comprehension.

4. What word study routines do they teach and encourage their students to use?

     The teacher provides review questions and examples modified from the textbook. The way we build vocabulary is from the text or from current events that are provided from the school website. This helps us with group instruction and words that sound familiar to them in which we then provide definition. Example, today we read about Otzi the Iceman and how his discovery date had just past and the word we defined was “archeologist.”

5. How do they differentiate instruction and tasks based on their students' needs?

     We have a calendar and follow through letter days in school given with when quizzes will be taken. Allowing students to study or find an article to go over with them helps build their vocabulary. This helped students because later on we have students write a three-sentence response in which they must present using the vocabulary words.