"5" IMPORTANT READING AREAS
PHONICS
COMPREHENSION
PHONEMIC AWARENESS
Phonemic awareness refers to the specific ability to focus on and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words
Blending
Strategies
Rhyming words:
Syllable activities
Strategies
Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters
Decoding and Encoding
Vowel and Consonant Diagraphs
Letter and picture games
VOCABULARY
Reading vocabulary refers to the words that a student can read and understand. When students know more words, they are more able to understand what they read.
Strategies
Context Clues
Antonyms/Synonyms
Definitions word play
Strategies
Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to (1) decode what they read; (2) make connections between what they read and what they already know; and (3) think deeply about what they have read.
Graphic and semantic organizers
Answering given/prepared questions
Summarizing
FLUENCY
Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Reading fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension.
Strategies
Choral Reading/Paired Reading
Theater/News Reporter/Broadcaster Scripts
Audio Assisted Reading