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Explain how scribbling is useful to a young child.

A child sees golden arches and says McDonald’s; arrives at a store and sees W-A-L-M-A-R-T on a store sign and is able to tell you he’s at Wal-Mart; sees G-A-T-O-R-S on an orange and blue t-shirt with a picture of the UF mascot and is able to tell you that word spells “Gators.” What does this describe?

A first grade teacher has her students complete a small battery of assessments: letter recognition, phrases, and short sentences and paragraphs. The child says the names of the letter instantly, and as quick and accurate recognition of all the words in the phrases and sentences. This child has strong – 

Juan has played soccer for many years as he lived in Cuba most of his life. Football was not a popular sport there. Despite having excellent word recognition skills, Juan, who actually has very little trouble comprehending what he reads, is unable to answer most of the questions about a boy who helps his team win a championship game. What seems to be the main source of Juan’s difficulty?

 Why are story maps useful?

Read the following paragraph: Crustaceans, mollusks, and insects are related; they are all invertebrates. Invertebrates have common features such as exoskeletons, jointed bodies, and no backs. Arthropods are another kind of special invertebrates as they have jointed bodies: a head, thorax, and abdomen. Invertebrates are everywhere, in every environment and ecosystem around the world. Which word list below has only Tier 3 words?

A teacher reads the following words to her students: bus, bun, rug. She then asks the students to recognize the word that does not begin with the same sound. This is an example of – 

A first grade teacher has her students complete a small battery of assessments: letter recognition, phrases, and short sentences and paragraphs. The child says the names of the letter instantly, and as quick and accurate recognition of all the words in the phrases and sentences. This child has strong – 

Juan has played soccer for many years as he lived in Cuba most of his life. Football was not a popular sport there. Despite having excellent word recognition skills, Juan, who actually has very little trouble comprehending what he reads, is unable to answer most of the questions about a boy who helps his team win a championship game. What seems to be the main source of Juan’s difficulty?

The ability to read quickly, accurately, and with expression is