What is your view on the whole language approach?

What is your view on the whole language approach?

What is your view on the whole language approach?

The whole language approach focuses on meaning and strategy. Most teachers combine the whole language approach and the phonics approach for an effective literacy curriculum. It is important to be knowledgeable in whole language ideas and strategies in order to teach a well-rounded literacy program.

Use the following questions to guide your discussion and help you gather necessary information to develop your understanding of whole language:

1.What is your view on the whole language approach?

2.How do you gauge student language ability at the beginning of the school year?

3.What data do you gather and act upon to meet language and emergent literacy needs of all students?

4.Explain the resources you used to differentiate learning for students.

5.Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

IMAGAINE YOU ARE ABOUT TO INTERVIEW WITH A MENTOR:

After your interview, observe your mentor teacher delivering reading instruction (Birth-Pre-K or K learning environment). What connections do you see between your discussion and the lesson you observed?

Following the practicum/field experience, write a 500-750 word reflection summarizing your interview and observations. Take a position on the viability of the whole language approach, and using or not using the whole language approach in the classroom. Include information from your interview and topic materials to support your position.

Support your position with 2-3 resources, one of which can be your interview

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The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.