For confidentiality purposes, in this paper I will be using a pseudonym (Brielle) to talk about my student that I observed. Brielle is such a bright little girl! She comes into school with a smile on her face, ready to face the academic day ahead. Additionally, she is very sociable and prefers to be around her friends. It is evident that she likes her classmates, as she gets along with all of them. It is very typical to find Brielle wandering around the classroom in the morning (homeroom) and even during the day. One of my favorite qualities about Brielle is her warmhearted nature. I would frequently catch her lending a helping hand to her peers or snuggled up next to my mentor/teacher during circle time. When I become a teacher, I want my students to…show more content… It looked like a city, but Brielle read the word “town.” I gathered two conclusions from this particular miscue. First, I noticed that this was a high quality miscue because town is a synonym for the word city. This miscue did not “interfere with the construction of a meaningful text” or take away from the comprehension of the text, but rather enriched it (Goodman, 1995, p.2). Second, I noticed that she did not know the word, but was able to use the pictures as a clue. Using pictures to understand the written words on the page is an effective reading strategy! While reading, Brielle exhibited another high quality miscue in miscue number seven. The sentence in the book read, “Birds live in the marsh (Chessen, 1998, p. 10).” Instead of reading marsh, Brielle reads the word “moss.” I believe this to be a high quality miscue for a plethora of reasons. For starters, marsh and moss are often found together in the wetlands. Additionally, the picture that was provided looks like an environment where marsh and moss would cohabitate. Furthermore, Brielle recognized that the first letter of the word was “m” and so is the first letter of the word “moss.” Lastly, it is evident that she took an educated guess on
