Homework: Recognizing Words in Print- Strategies & Activities
Description
When teaching students to recognize words in print, teachers can use a variety of activities before, during, and after reading to help students understand words, word meanings, and how words go together. Utilizing appropriate strategies that incorporate print concepts will help increase students' word recognition skills.
Use the "Recognizing Words in Print Template" to complete this homework.
1. Part 1: Strategies
Research and summarize, in 250 to 500 words, a minimum of five strategies for teaching word recognition and print concepts to elementary students with language delays or disabilities. Keep in mind strategies that help students monitor for their own errors. Within your summary, identify the conditions under which the identified strategies are intended to be delivered (e.g., content area, class setting, required resources, if intended for a specific type of disability).
Support your findings with 2-3 scholarly resources.
2. Part 2: Activities
• Identify a small group of 2-3 kindergarten students, using the "Class Profile," who would benefit from further development of their word recognition or print concepts skills.
• Identify a text appropriate to use with the small group identified.
• Draft a 250-500 word outline summarizing three activities to reinforce word recognition and print concepts, utilizing the identified text.
• Be sure to incorporate at least three of the strategies from Part 1 into your activities.
3. Part 3: Rationale
In 250 to 500 words, rationalize your instructional decisions from Part 2. Be sure to explain how the identified strategies and activities enhance the language development of the students in the identified small group. Cite the "Class Profile" where appropriate.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.