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Early Childhood

Article Summary and Reaction: The Literacy Pyramid

***** J. Bruneau's article "The ***** Pyramid Organization of Reading/Writing Activities in a Whole Language Classroom" from the October 1997 issue ***** ***** Reading Teacher deals with what has been termed 'the literary pyramid.' This is based on the government's 'food pyramid' but works ***** instructional events instead of specific food items. It is designed to be a 'building block' structure like the original pyramid, however. The pyramid shape was used so that teachers and o*****r instructional leaders could examine what kinds of events they were using in their teaching of students ***** work toward determining whether these were the ********** options. By building on specific instructi*****al points and using those points to continue ***** evolve students have a much better chance ***** learning everything that ***** should learn and more.

Language arts instruction is highly important today, especially with English as a second language becoming ***** popular ***** on the number of immigrants that are coming into this country. Many of ********** people are completely legal and are just looking for a ***** life here, or ***** parents have brought them here ***** had them in this country ***** the ***** do not speak ***** well enough to teach it to the children. Because of some of ********** *****s, the *****structional abil*****ies of educators today are becoming increasingly significant where ***** issue of language is addressed. What type of instructional format is being ***** is also significant for the teacher and his or her students. Without using the proper instructional format ***** ***** will struggle with the material ***** is to be presented and the students ***** struggle ***** the learning of that same material.

As for what I think about the article, it appears that Bruneau ***** *****ne ***** research into the issue ***** the l*****eracy pyramid, but I am not certain as to ***** ***** literacy pyramid is actually ***** is needed in order to create the highest level of instructional underst*****ing for all ***** the students involved. While t***** idea migh***** work very ***** for most students, there are always students ***** do ***** ***** well with standard instruction and these students are going to need a different ***** of ********** attitude so that they can succeed. Of course, this does not mean that ***** should ***** changed b*****ed on just one or two students in a cl*****ssroom, but only that the literacy pyramid *****t not work as well as expected on a bro*****d scale for each and e***** student.

Students *****day appear to have more needs than students in the past did, or perhaps it is simply ***** ***** ***** making their ***** known more easily or that teachers and others ***** work in the education profession are becoming more aware of what the ***** really need ***** the instruction and interaction that they receive. ***** is important for both the students and the teachers, because *****y must all interact ***** and work with one another