Phonics Assessment
View and make notes on the videos provided in Unit 2 Activities. These videos describe and demonstrate, in detail, the components of beginning decoding skills which comprise essential components of early literacy instruction. These skills, delivered through systematic, explicit instruction, make up a significant part of the Science of Teaching Reading.
With the technology tool Kahoot!, using the information from the videos, create a 20-item, multiple choice, phonics-based assessment for an identified grade level (K – 3). This assessment should include identified / aligned ELAR TEKS (copied and pasted from the TEA website). As you review the ELAR TEKS that include expectations for decoding instruction, you will identify the specific content that your selected grade level is required to address and master regarding these skills. Attached you will find a study guide for a typical phonics assessment. In addition, you will find instructions for using this tool.
Double Entry Reader Response
After reading “Teaching is Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do” by Louisa Moats, complete the Double Entry Reader Response activity using the template provided. Specific instructions are provided on the template.
Double-Entry Journal For this Reader Response activity, during and/or after your assigned reading of the Moats article, “Teaching Reading is Rocket Science,” you will identify 7 specific author quotes / statements that you found to be significant in nature and then for each selection, provide a detailed rationale for the importance / significance of that information. Please be sure to cite the page number(s) for each quote / statement selected.What the Author Says…Why It’s Important…Double-Entry Journal For this Reader Response activity, during and/or after your assigned reading of the Moats article, “Teaching Reading is Rocket Science,” you will identify 7 specific author quotes / statements that you found to be significant in nature and then for each selection, provide a detailed rationale for the importance / significance of that information. Please be sure to cite the page number(s) for each quote / statement selected.What the Author Says…Why It’s Important…
