Literacy Matters - Vol 21 - Winter 2021

Results of Survey Responses Questions

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Response Themes

% of Responses

1. What is reading?

24 Saying words

41 29 18

It’s learning about ideas It’s fun Answering questions It helps one write

9 3

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2. What would you do to teach someone to read?

22 Teaching them how to sound out words. Repeat the words

58 18 14 5

Asking them questions Have them read out loud and read to them Use pictures and tell them the word

5

3. Who is the best reader you know? What makes that person the best reader?

22 Parent

50 41

One of my classmates because she/he reads fast I am a good reader

9

4. How did you learn to read?

23 My parents helped me In class with my teacher I sounded out the words 24 Sounding out words and to spell the words 24 Sound out the word or look for smaller chunks

48 30 22

5. What did your teacher do to help you learn to read?

100

6. If you are reading by yourself, and you come to a word you do not know, what do you do? Why? What do you do if that doesn’t help? Why?

38

Skip the word Ask my parent Ask my teacher Use a dictionary

21 21 16 4 44 31 13

7. What do you think the teacher should do when a person is reading aloud and says a word that is not the same as in the story?

16 Tell them the word Ask them to reread it

Correct them and tell them to sound it out Correct them and tell them the word Do nothing

6 6

8. Is it important for the teacher to teach new words before you read the story? Why or why not?

23 Yes, when you see it in the story you will know what it is  Dr. Manarino-Leggett is a Professor in the College of Education at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in Elementary Education with a specialization in Reading Education from the University of South Florida. She is a long-time professional and teacher educator. Her prior experience includes classroom teacher, reading specialist, director of the campus-based reading clinic and department chair. She currently teaches graduate reading education courses. Her research interests continue to be teacher-training and improving instructional strategies for striving readers. Dr. Manarino-Leggett can be contacted at pleggett@uncfsu.edu .

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