The document discusses strategies for improving student achievement through reading. It claims that reading is the foundation for learning and promotes early childhood development. It cites sources that say reading is built in early childhood and that vocabulary and spelling competence is most efficiently attained through reading. The document also notes that teaching students strategies used by good readers, such as comprehension skills, improves overall text comprehension. It concludes by reinforcing that reading aloud to children enhances their comprehension and vocabulary.

1. STRATEGIESFORSTUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
ASHLEY SMITH
SOE 115 PSYCHOLOGY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
KENDALL COLLEGE

2. READINGIS
FUNDAMETAL

3. READINGISTHEBESTSTRATEGYFOROVERALL
STUDENTACHIEVEMENT

4. CLAIM
Reading is the foundation for further learning. Reading
promotes early childhood development. Reading also enhances
comprehension and vocabulary skills.

5. SOURCE(A)
Today, in most languages, reading is a cornerstone of
learning, and the foundation for reading is built in early
childhood.

6. SOURCE(B)
I argue that the best hypothesis is that competence in
spelling and vocabulary is most efficiently attained by
comprehensible input in the form of reading, a position
argued by several others.

7. SOURCE(C)
Given knowledge about what good readers do when they read,
researchers and educators have addressed the following
question: Can we teach students to engage in these productive
behaviors? The answer is a resounding yes. A large volume of
work indicates that we can help students acquire the
strategies and procedures used by good readers - and that
this improves their overall comprehension of text-

8. CONCLUSION
Reading is my passion. Reading is also the foundation of
learning. Reading to children at an early age leads to
enhanced comprehension skills. Reading also expands a child’s
vocabulary. While I always thought reading was the best way
to learn, and a great way to teach. I had no idea there
doctors who agreed with me.

9. FAMILYCOMMUNICATION
I would have a monthly newsletter that parents receive via
email. The newsletter would always contain information on
reading aloud and often. It would also contain local story
times at the library and book sales. Borrowing books from my
class library would be a weekly activity for all students.

10. REFERENCES
Woolfolk, A. (2016). Educational Psychology. In A. Woolfolk, Educational Psychology (p. 175). PEARSON.
Krashen, S. (1989). We acquire vocabulary and spelling by reading: Additional evidence for the input hypothesis. The
modern language journal, 73(4), 440-464.
Duke, N. K., & Pearson, P. D. (2008). Effective practices for developing reading comprehension. The Journal of Education,
189(1/2), 107-122.