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Essay Instructions: Read a journal article related to an area of reading. Critique the article and discuss the implications for instruction. Your discussion should include a reflection which addresses the connections among student learning, teacher dispositions and/or parent involvement.

Journal to be used: Morrow, L., & Tracey, D. H. (1997). Strategies used for phonics instruction in early childhood classrooms. Reading Teacher, 50644-651.

Essay Instructions: 1) Discuss the relationship/difference between phonemic awareness and phonics in a 1,250-1,500 word paper. Include in the discussion the following elements for both concepts:

a) Definition/description.

b) Summaries of several strategies that demonstrate explicit teaching.

c) Typical grade-level appropriateness and sequence in the stages of developing

readers. (When is it effective, and when is it no longer effective?)

d) Its value/purpose.

e) Methods of assessment.



2) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is required. Include an introduction, body, conclusion, in-text citations, and a reference page.

Essay Instructions: Research Paper in APA format about the Reading Program
"Saxon Phonics". Discuss what research states about its successes and shortcomings. Give information about what company states the program can actually do, and what research shows.

Essay Instructions: Create a separate lesson plan for three different stages (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension) of reading acquisition using the same content for each stage. The content area is science for 2nd grade, it can be either weather or life cycles. I will send you the Arizona and Pa standards as well as the lesson plan template.