Module 4: Activity 1

Watch the video and reflect on what strategy or strategies Robin used most to help him learn to read.

    WOW!  This was a very touching video. It truly touched my heart to see the determination in Robin. It makes me very thankful to be able to have the education I have. His advice at the end of the show makes it encouraging for me as a teacher.

     Robin first started from the beginning and taking the different phonemes found within the word. He used different tiles with spelling patterns on it. He used the same beginning sounds and word families. He was able to make the connections with the same sounds and what words are similar to that word and what family it belonged in.
     He made a lot of personal connections while reading. He was able to pick out a few of the words in the sentence and then knew it didn’t make sense. He used his contextual clues and went back to keep reading until it made sense to him. He used the chunking ability to him notice that rat was in the middle of congratulations. He is making the connections to familiar words within the word.
     Robin did a lot of the reading independently. The teacher didn’t constantly correct him. She set back and let him learn and catch his own mistakes. This helped boost his confidence and willingness to exceed reading. Whenever Robin has a chance, he was reading. He read signs, newspapers, The Bible, and other real life writings that keep him practicing all day. He was determined and practiced repeatedly.