1. What did I get from the readings in terms of thinking about reading and literacy?

I was kind of reassured of my thinking that reading was a part of literacy was at least int he ballpark. As I stated in my BlackBoard post, I believed that reading was the "decoding and comprehension" of printed material. I also beleived that literacy was the combination of reading and writing and their applications for communication purposes.


2. What are some of the key issues that stick out to me?

The issues suggested in the article "Silencing Teachers in an Era of Scripted Reading" are very unsettling especially the statement suggesting " that even with the good original intentions of No Child Left Behind", more children are being left behind that ever before" and the not so free teaching of "boxed/packaged education" as I like to call these teaching products.

3 What am I wondering most about?

What can I do as an educator/teacher to help those children as suggested by the "Silencing..." article "(poor children and children of color) that are still suffering academically with No Child Left Behind in place".

Greetings from "The Port"

Hello, fellow classmates. Good luck and happy readings to all during this summer session.