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Must be systematically taught in a structured way.

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The 5 keys to reading are crucial for children to become capable readers.

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The use of lexiles for 3-6 or independent readers is a good tracking tool to identify automatic recognition of words.

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Now I think that reading comprehension requires both word recognition (identifying the words) and language comprehension (knowing what you are reading.
Oral language being foundational for early years of reading adding to the big 5 (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension).

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Children need to be exposed to oral language in the first 5 years of life is essential for reading

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Children need to be exposed to oral language in the first 5 years of life is essential for reading

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Modelling reading - listening to someone read.

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There are many approaches to teaching and different educators take different approaches

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There are many approaches to teaching and different educators take different approaches

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Reading is the ability to decode words to make meaning.

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Individuals formulate their own reading strategies to best strengthen their skills.

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I used to think that learning to read was made up of whole word learning as well as learning sounds. I thought that exposure to many different texts would assist in learning to read.

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Sounds, phonics and sight words are all vital to teaching reading

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Sounds, phonics and sight words are all vital to teaching reading

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Sight words
Sounds/Blends
Phonics

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Decoding words is important.
Knowing sight words
Reading with meaning to assist comprehension.
Prior knowledge of a topic assist their understanding.

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Phonics, illustrations and sight words.

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We were immersed in the theory that "You learn to read by reading"

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We were immersed in the theory that "You learn to read by reading"

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Reading happens at different times for different students.

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I believe reading requires explicit instruction with a synthetic phonics approach, to support students with learning letter-sound correspondences and transferring this knowledge/understanding to new texts/materials/contexts. This has been new learning over time as I was trained in the "whole language approach" :)

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Reading is not an innate process for humans and takes enormous cognitive effort to learn.

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A meaning based approach to reading is effective and engaging for most students.