Week Four: Assignment Two

There are many reading programs available for schools and teachers to use for the benefit of their students. When a school is looking into a good reading program for its students, the educators need to research each program to find the one that will best suit the needs of their school. A reading program that include theories from a few different sources, will most likely be a good program. Programs that have a combination of methods will display different angles of reading instruction and add different styles and perspectives to the teaching. Reading programs should include explicit instruction about specific reading skills. These lessons should be incorporated into the reading, so that the students will know how to apply the appropriate skill to the context. Teacher read alouds and independent student reading should be included in a reading program. Meaningful assessment are an integral part of a reading program. Good reading programs are geared for both struggling and non struggling readers. When children are at the beginning stages of reading, it is important to give them a lot of support, encouragement and lots of time to practice the new skills. All children will learn differently and many programs will address these different needs, Teachers should follow whichever reading program they are using and be aware of the needs of each student to give him/her the specific instruction is needed at any given time.