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What is Reading Anyway?
In chapter two,
the author discusses ways to help students effectively comprehend readings in
every content area. Reading is necessary in every area in school. A lot of the
time students will be told to read material for the next class, and will be
required to take a simple quiz on it. Students may be successful on that quiz;
however, they may not be able to comprehend that text because they were not
given the necessary tools to achieve that comprehension.
It is important to use
things such as prior knowledge to help students to actually be able to
understand the texts they are given. Reading requires students to construct
meaning while trying to connect these ideas to things they may already know. As
a future teacher, it will be my job to effectively teach literacy in my math
classes, so that students will be able to comprehend the material at hand. All
in all, it was made evident that all subjects have to teach literacy in order
for their students to completely understand what it is they are reading.
However, how will teachers make time to use the effective literacy strategies
discussed in the chapter? Many teachers are already crunched for time as it is
to just teach their content area, and now they have to teach literacy in that content
area. It makes complete sense of why teachers must teach literacy in their
content area, but will they find the time to do that?
It is important to use
things such as prior knowledge to help students to actually be able to
understand the texts they are given. Reading requires students to construct
meaning while trying to connect these ideas to things they may already know. As
a future teacher, it will be my job to effectively teach literacy in my math
classes, so that students will be able to comprehend the material at hand. All
in all, it was made evident that all subjects have to teach literacy in order
for their students to completely understand what it is they are reading.
However, how will teachers make time to use the effective literacy strategies
discussed in the chapter? Many teachers are already crunched for time as it is
to just teach their content area, and now they have to teach literacy in that content
area. It makes complete sense of why teachers must teach literacy in their
content area, but will they find the time to do that?
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DeleteHi Jessica, I completed resonated with your response to this week’s reading. I can easily see the value of teaching content-area literacy skills, but it seems difficult to incorporate. I also have a math emphasis, which I feel adds some additional challenges. When thinking of math, words aren’t usually part of the equation. I am currently working with a second-grade student on math. He can breeze through the problems with just numbers but then when there are directions or a word problem he is stumped and often gets these problems wrong. He would benefit greatly from learning math literacy skills.
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