Christina L. Ch.1&2
Christina Lim
ITE 314
CHAPTER 2
After reading Chapter 2: Defining Your Goals, I learned how important it is for teachers to have clear, set goals for each of their students and their individual needs, in order to make the reading process a successful one for everyone involved. Taberski does, however, make sure that her goals are realistic and achievable, which I believe is also necessary if someone is to strive to complete their list of goals. It is critical that teachers not make a list of goals that we are insure that we can finish because, if we set out standards of achievement too high, we set ourselves up for failure; failure from ourselves, but even worse, failure to our students.
Taberski also stresses the importance of encouraging students to read in a range of genres, especially poetry and factual genres. She makes a good point about how we, as adults read mostly factual texts and information, so it is important that we immerse our students in these types of genres from an early age, so they can become familiarized with these types of text and feel comfortable reading it throughout their young lives.
I like how Taberski breaks up each child’s stage of reading down to make them more understandable for beginners like me. Each stage shows what type of reader fits into each category, as well as, examples of reading comprehension at the different reading levels. It is the responsibility of teachers to map out and identify each child’s reading and comprehension levels, in order for them to accurately come up with strategies that will help their students achieve the individual goals that the teacher has set for them.
ITE 314
CHAPTER 2
After reading Chapter 2: Defining Your Goals, I learned how important it is for teachers to have clear, set goals for each of their students and their individual needs, in order to make the reading process a successful one for everyone involved. Taberski does, however, make sure that her goals are realistic and achievable, which I believe is also necessary if someone is to strive to complete their list of goals. It is critical that teachers not make a list of goals that we are insure that we can finish because, if we set out standards of achievement too high, we set ourselves up for failure; failure from ourselves, but even worse, failure to our students.
Taberski also stresses the importance of encouraging students to read in a range of genres, especially poetry and factual genres. She makes a good point about how we, as adults read mostly factual texts and information, so it is important that we immerse our students in these types of genres from an early age, so they can become familiarized with these types of text and feel comfortable reading it throughout their young lives.
I like how Taberski breaks up each child’s stage of reading down to make them more understandable for beginners like me. Each stage shows what type of reader fits into each category, as well as, examples of reading comprehension at the different reading levels. It is the responsibility of teachers to map out and identify each child’s reading and comprehension levels, in order for them to accurately come up with strategies that will help their students achieve the individual goals that the teacher has set for them.
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