This is my digital story for week 7 of Reading 6706 with Dr. McCaully.

1. SummerSemester 2016
Amanda Avila * READ6706* Dr. McCaully
Digital Story Telling

2. Teachersneed to beconfident in the fact that they
can meetthe needs of their students and display a
sense of efficacy!
(Protheroe,2008)
Teachers need to create opportunities to get to
know their students within the first few weeks of
school.
(Reutzel& Cooter,2015)

3. Perform Reading Assessments to get to know your
students literacy abilities:
Cognitive-
Running Record
Phonemic Awareness
Sight Words
Reading Inventories
Non-Cognitive-
Habits
Traits

4. Takeinto consideration:
*Hartman’s Matrix:
(LaureateEducation, 2014a)
The ratioof…
informationaltext versus narrative text.
-Studentsneed tobeexposedtoinformationaltextthatwill help preparethem
fortheirfutures.
Linguistic versus Semiotic
-Word oriented versus pictures/icons

5. Takeinto consideration:
*Readability
TheThird Dimension
-Make sure that the text is notartificially inflated with big words
-Make sure the text is nota difficult concept with easy words
(LaureateEducation, 2014a)

6. Studentsare only exposed to
3.2 minutes
of
informationaltext
in theirearly yearsof education.
(LaureateEducation, 2014a)

7. With all of those ideas in mind:
Ichose texts that related toa Science unit ofstudy.
Ichose three texts that provided rich vocabulary.
Iselected a text that was solely informational andpresented with only factual information.
Iselected a great, narrativebook that included facts with additional rich vocabulary andlife
connections.
For the digital text, Imade sure it continued touse great vocabulary but it was aneasier, narrative
read for myemergent students.

8. -Iensure that my lesson is rich with tier 3 vocabulary
-My students can relate tothe topic
-Imodel the use ofacademic language
-Iembed the topic throughout multiple avenues ofteaching
-Iensure my students feel welcome andengaged
-Iseat my students closely for optimal instruction
-Iencourage my students toreflect on their learning with learning logs even if they are
still atthe picture drawingstage
(Rogg, 2007)

9. Writing Improves Reading!
(Graham & Herbert2010)
-Iuse scaffolding and modeling to introduce
concepts and ideas
-I gradually release responsibility to my students
-I guide and monitor my students’ progress

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