Chapter 2 and 3

In the article, What Matters Most discusses reading and how much reading can effect a student's academic achievement. A student who reads more has a higher academic standing versus the student who doesn't read as much.  Some studies have shown that the average higher- achieving student read approximately three times as much each week as their lower-achieving classmates. It is said in the article that planning time for reading is important. Some teachers claim that is hard for them to plan a big reading block into their day because of the time it takes up. Teachers have to be efficient in planning and using their time wisely. As a future educator, I plan to stress how important reading is to my students and get them to understand how significant it is to learn how to enjoy reading. 

Kids Need Books They Can Read is an article that discuss that children needs to read books they can connect with and they are at the appropriate reading level. It is mentioned that children do better in class when the books they read are easier to read. Marie Clay, the developer of the Reading Recovery intervention says that we need to refocus our attention on the importance of matching children with books at an appropriate level. She sums it up that in the Reading Recovery program the main idea involves moving the child successfully through a sequence of increasingly difficult little books. I agree that this is a good idea because a child needs to start somewhere and get better as the time goes along. Besides testing children and figuring out their reading level, children can figure out if material is too difficult for them in way that doesn't involve testing. The three finger rule can be easily taught to students. Children will read the first two pages and if they read three words they do not understand, the book is too difficult for them. Not only should they be able to understand the text, children should also find an interest in what they are reading. Letting a child choose what they are reading can spark an interest in reading.