Final Reflection

Between going to class and reading When Kids Can't Read, I have picked up a lot about how to diagnose problems in dependent readers and strategies to help them.  I have learned many classroom activities that all kinds of students can do, like the worksheets we created on vista.  In tutoring I helped a student to better grasp making inferences using one of Beers's activities in the text.  I especially like Chapter 14 which gives sources for teachers to review and choose books for students to read and ways to get them involved in reading on their own (see below entry).  I combined my experience with tutoring, in classroom discussions and reading the text to feel more confident in how to teach when I get into my field.