10/10 Reflection

I also found this week’s readings interesting and informative. Since I work at a school I sometimes try to think of how what we are reading about and discussing in 663 translates into my classrooms. This week I kept thinking about the material I designed for our health class at the school and whether or not the readability level is appropriate. We learned about the SMOG readability guidelines in 662 last semester but I did not think about the impact of the reading level on the literacy acquisition for my students. I am looking forward to using the website to help restructure the reading level of my health curriculum.

It is interesting too to consider Manpreet’s point about our current medical literature and material reflecting an actual 5^th or 6^th grade reading level. I think about the materials I give out in my health class to my students and I do not really think that reading level is at 5^th or 6^th grade level. I think for the most part those in the health communication field have been moderately successful in designing materials that speak to these literacy levels, however, I definitely feel like there is more work to be done.