Module 1: Activity #4

I teach Pre-K and my students are the oldest in the center. Therefore, the student I observed is obviously a very young, emerging reader. However, she was still able to identify a few of the words in the text that she was familiar with while reading. She also used the letters that she recognized and used her knowledge of letter sounds to help her "guess" on other ones. After observing her, I would have to say that she could be identified as using proficient reading behaviors. A major reason I identified her this way is that she was heavily relying on her background knowledge to help her read the few words that she knew. In addition, she was not focusing on breaking down words but instead looking at all of the words and pictures in the text to come up with meaning. I also noticed her stopping to take time to try and think about what she was reading was about after she finished each page.