Applying meaning in your head to the words you read is a great way to explain the connection with learning as well. When you said this, the process of making reading become learning kind of clicked in my head a little more. thank you!
Interpreting and applying meaning are definitely key elements of reading. You say that it involves print....do people only interpret and apply meaning to print? What else do we read? What else do we read in classrooms? Why does it matter for teachers to understand the reading process and to understand what it is that children read in our classrooms?
Children read the experience, the environment and the quality of relationships in the classroom. They read expectations, they read rituals, rules and agreements. They read the physical space. they read the teacher's emotional space as we relate to them. They read intentions. It is quite amazing to read their readings!!!! :)
Applying meaning in your head to the words you read is a great way to explain the connection with learning as well. When you said this, the process of making reading become learning kind of clicked in my head a little more. thank you!
ReplyDeleteInterpreting and applying meaning are definitely key elements of reading. You say that it involves print....do people only interpret and apply meaning to print? What else do we read? What else do we read in classrooms? Why does it matter for teachers to understand the reading process and to understand what it is that children read in our classrooms?
ReplyDeleteChildren read the experience, the environment and the quality of relationships in the classroom. They read expectations, they read rituals, rules and agreements. They read the physical space. they read the teacher's emotional space as we relate to them. They read intentions. It is quite amazing to read their readings!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought of it that way. Of course you're both right. Does that fall into the category of literacy?
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