Five Components of Effective Reading Instruction
Phonemic Awareness
The ability to hear, identify and manipulate the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Phonemic awareness is the understanding that the sounds of spoken language work together to make words.
Phonemic Awareness Guide Pictorial Case StudyPhonics
The understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes (the sound of spoken language) and graphemes (the letters and spellings that represent those sounds in written language). Readers use these relationships to recognize familiar words accurately and automatically and to decode unfamiliar words. Phonics Guide Pictorial Case Study: Phonics for the Beginning Reader Pictorial Case Study: Phonics for the Instructional Reader Pictorial Case Study: Phonics for the Emergent ReaderReading Comprehension Strategies
Strategies for understanding, remembering and communicating with others about what has been read. Comprehension strategies are sets of steps that purposeful, active readers use to make sense of text.
Reading Comprehension Guide Pictorial Case StudyReading Fluency, including oral reading skills
Fluency is the ability to read text accurately and quickly with expression. It provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Fluent readers recognize words and comprehend at the same time. Reading Fluency Guide Pictorial Case Study: Fluency in the ClassroomVocabulary Development
Development of stored information about the meanings and pronunciation of words necessary for communication. Vocabulary Development Guide Pictorial Case Study|
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