REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Explain why reading in English is more difficult than reading in some
other languages.
2. List and discuss at least two biological factors that can cause reading
problems.
3. If you are reading this book as part of a study group, assign three people
to make short presentations on the three environmental factors that impact
reading ability, instructional, socioeconomic, and early language development.
4. Many children come to school without the prerequisite skills for reading.
What are these skills and how might educators influence their acquisition?
5. Assume you are making a presentation to parents of kindergarten and/or
first-grade students. How would you distinguish the difference between phonemic
awareness and phonological awareness? How would explain the alphabetic
principle?
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Reading Brain, PreK–3 by Patricia Wolfe and Pamela Nevills. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin Press, www.corwinpress.com. Reproduction authorized only for the local
school site that has purchased this book.
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