Journal #1 - 4 views
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Michaela Klusman on 29 Jan 12For my first journal, I read this article about multi-sensory language arts instruction. It claims that if you can provide students with visual, auditory, and tactile-kinesthetic methods for learning, they are more likely to be successful. One of the things that I agreed with most strongly that it seems many educators today shy away from is the idea that students should "practice to the point of automatization." Automatic reading is not the key to comprehension but it is surely a necessary foundation for meaningful reading. When I was a student, we practiced grammar and spelling until it was second-nature and generally my current abilities testify to that. However, we have steered away from correctness in favor of sparing student egos. I do not think that it has done them any good. I wholeheartedly agree with this article that we MUST train our students to be good readers and writers.
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Linda Clinton on 30 Jan 12More emphasis is being placed on fluency. You can't understand what a text means if you can't figure out what it says. We don't want students to simple "bark at print" but there has to be a balance between fluency and comprehension.Was there anything in the article you would apply to your own teaching?