ReadingA-Z.com Article

The article provides good information and techniques for us as teachers to foster the development of literacy in our students. It teaches us how to make developmentally reading resources available in our classrooms so each child's instructional needs are met. I agree with the fact that there should be a reading foundation in early childhood since alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness are indicators of early reading success. Parents and educators should work together to expose children to new vocabulary words (important, useful, difficult ) that will help them enrich their language and reading skills.
I also found the strategies and methods to teach reading such as asking questions to guide student's understanding so they can generate their own questions about the reading. Students being able to generate questions on their own is a good sign because it means that they are understanding the main idea of the reading, and that they are being able to make a connection between the reading and their experiences. Other important information were the educational resources such as ReadingA-Z.com, RAZ-Kids.com and others, that are extremely helpful to teachers to widen our knowledge and performance in the literacy world.