Wednesday Session on Reading w/ Dr. Arno

Dr. Arno talked about many reading strategies that will help us to pinpoint, where the student is having difficulty with their reading. She pointed that it may not be able to fix what the child is having trouble with in a semester, but can definitely learn to identify. I am resting a little easier knowing that. We learned quite a lot about phonological awareness. I had so much fun with "sh" and "ch" stories. I learn children may be able to decode what the words are and say the sentence, but have no comprehension of what the stuff means. Even though I don't remember how I learned phonics, I must have a hard time going from the digraph "ch" to the trigraph "tch". I also benefit in bringing in objects to help the students remember what real life object looks like for their words. I have a lot of stuff to review this weekend, but, unlike many of my courses here at TC, I see the practical real life application of my learning right in front of me.