Blog 3

There are many different strategies that can be done in order to teach students how to not only read but to pronounce the words they are reading and make since of the meaning.  In the reading it talked about how teachers use modeling to show how to properly correct mistakes made.  The teacher wrote a sentence on the board and used the word “look” instead of “took.”  She modeled how important rereading is to her students and how once reading the sentence out loud, the mistake can jump out.

In class, we modeled different strategies to use during reading time, which I think closely relates to this reading.  The strategy that really stood out to me in class was the “make a picture or mental image” strategy.  This strategy can be used while reading a book to allow the students to use their imagination.  The teacher will read a page to the students without showing the picture, and the student will then draw an image in their head about what is happening in the book.  This strategy keeps the students thinking during the whole time and using their imagination to draw mental images in their heads.  This is one of many strategies discussed in class this week, but they are all definitely beneficial in their own way. 

These strategies along with the ideas presented in the book are all great methods to use while teaching children how to read.  The book focused a lot on phonics and how to teach students how to pronounce words.  Teaching phonics is not an easy task and there is really no right or wrong answer on how to do so.  Like I mentioned in my previous blogs, every child is different and struggles in different ways.  It is up to the teacher to think of reading techniques in which all children can succeed.