What is Reading?
Reading is the act of putting letters together to make sounds and words, and the ability to comprehend those words. Reading is the act of interpreting symbols on a page and making a mental picture of what you read. It can also be defined as the process of constructing meaning through a dynamic interaction among the reader, the text, the task, and the context of the reading situation. These are just a few examples that were discussed in my Reading Education 530 course this summer. However you define it, reading is an important process that takes a lot of study in order to teach it properly.
There are several theories out there when it comes to teaching reading. One theory was introduced by a woman named Louise Rosenblatt called the Transactional Theory. Rosenblatt believes that readers actively create meaning by transacting with text; that the reader and the text are in a reciprocal relationship: the interplay between the text and reader results in meaning (Reading Education 530 class discussion notes).
Here are a few links to help understand and implement Rosenblatt's theory into the classroom.
How to Implement Rosenblatt's Transactional Theory in the Classroom
The Significance of Louise Rosenblatt on the Field of Teaching Literature
by Gladdys Westbrook Church
from Inquiry, Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1997, 71-77© Copyright 1997 Virginia Community College System
http://www.vccaedu.org/inquiry/inquiry-spring97/i11chur.html
How to Use the Transactional Theory to Teach Reading
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_8444764_use-transactional-theory-teach-reading.html#ixzz2XvW1QLLI
This is a great site to visit that will help put the
transactional theory into practice!
Our Reading Education 530 professor
provided us with some useful organizers
to use with the study of critical literacy.
I will share them here.
This is a record sheet for teacher use
during literature circles.
Each child in a literary group will have a job to complete
within their book club. One job is the word finder.
This child looks for unknown words in the story
and completes this chart.
Another student's job is the illustrator.
They draw a specific scene from the story.
The job of the connector is to find a 'connection'
between the book and the outside world.
The discussion director creates questions
for their group to discuss about their book.
This form is filled out when the book club members
meet to discuss the book and do the above mentioned job.
It is a Group Meeting Log
This is a Teacher Daily Log that can be used
when she observes the groups to see if they are
fulfilling the requirements of their jobs.
This is a SAMPLE Teacher Daily Log Form
All of these handouts were provided to us in REED 530 this summer.
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