Creating Connections 1.2 What is reading?
30 01 2008After your group summarized, compared, and evaluated the most important aspects of reading, how did you answer the question, what is reading?
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Learning how to teach beginning reading
Reading is being able to understand and comprehend words that are not just in books, but other resources as well such as text messages, magazines, computer sites, and other places that children can access to incorporate into their lives. It is also the ability to look at a group of words and be able to interpret and gain meaning from the information given. Depending on the genre of material, it effects your visual perception and reality.
We described reading as the ability to gather knowledge by interpreting the information from the picture or words, comprehending this information and being able to describe it to others and be able to use it for our daily lives. People can either read for pleasure or to gain knowledge on a subject.
Reading is the ability to see, interpret and understand words, and allowing them to broaden one’s knowledge and mind. Reading is the foundation of learning. It is necessary for everyday life because all communication involves some form of reading.
Reading is the most important part of learning as we progress from a child to an adult. It structures our lives and helps us interpret things that we once may not have understood. Reading involves interaction between thoughts and language, and absorbing information.
~AnneMarie Vitchers
~Kristyn Gargano
~Courtney Cohen
~Chris Molinari
~Marissa Martinez
Reading includes interpreting symbols such as letters, images, and symbols, into meaning from written materials in order to comprehend language and for the purpose of communication. Small components are linked together to create greater meaning such as letters into words, and words into paragraphs.
Your definitions all have some commonalities: Clearly you have explored the question thoughtfully.
1. Children/Readers do something: ‘interpret;understand;create meaning’
2. With some kind of material/symbols: ‘letters;words. pictures;”things” ‘
3. For some purpose: ‘being able to use the information; incorporate it into their daily lives; for purposes of communication’
Therefore, Pre-service Teachers, that would be you. Remember that when you want children to read, you must have as objectives the three parts of the reading act. You can’t just tell a student to read pages 3-6. That’s only one part of the reading act.
Each group gets a + for this participation assignment which means that each person in the group gets a + Dr. Summers
P.S. Next time make sure you list your group name fjor a group assignment. If you want to list the individual names that is fine but make sure that you list the group name too. pfs