Thoughts on the Feldman article:
He begins with a great definition of literacy. Simply letters, but elaborates to call them "phonic images". He goes on to talk about genuine literacy needing to "...include an understanding of the ways language is used to govern behavior..." I've never thought about this. So very interesting. He mentions that spelling used to vary from person to person and that it was quite creative, well if my students writing is any indication this is making a rapid comeback and honestly I can't say anything. I desperately rely on spellcheck. I love his suggestion that "...looking at a picture is not very different from listening to several conversations going on in a room one has just entered."
Thoughts on the Yenawine article:
I'm reading the same info over and over again in different ways in different articles by different people so I'm just going to touch on a few things that stuck out. He was listing the aspects of cognition at the beginning that people call upon and I was thinking about the things that my students use during VTS and I have noticed that speculating seems to be their favorite. In the second paragraph he is talking about images engaging the viewer differently. I love this. I love the power and I ability I have here as a teacher when it comes to image selection. Choosing the image is one of my favorite parts of the process.
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