Science of Reading Development by LaTonya Williams

Phonemic Awareness

lwilliams785 — 2025-02-10 21:58:24 UTC

Phonemic awareness is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds of spoken words. Example of phonemic awareness are: blending sounds into words (p/a/t=pat), segmenting words into sounds (Wig-w/i/g), and deleting sounds in spoken words (take s from spill leaves pill).

Phonics

lwilliams785 — 2025-02-10 22:00:07 UTC

Phonics "is the knowledge of recognizing letter sounds and the ability to apply that knowledge in decoding unfamiliar printed words. Therefore, phonological awareness focus on oral language and phonic refer to print” (Reading Rockets, 2025). Example of phonic is teachers asking children to write letters that she aloud on their sheet of paper (letter sounds).

Vocabulary

lwilliams785 — 2025-02-10 22:11:30 UTC

Vocabulary is a group of terms that readers can comprehend, recognize, and use effectively when reading proficiently. Vocabulary development is a reading development that involves word learning, comprehension, and retention.

Fluency

lwilliams785 — 2025-02-10 22:21:41 UTC

Fluency “is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Fluent reading builds stamina for reading lengthy or complex texts. Reading fluency serves as a bridge between word recognition and comprehension” (Reading Rockets, 2025).

Comprehension

lwilliams785 — 2025-02-10 22:32:19 UTC

Comprehension is the ability to understand the meaning of written words and/or text. It involves decoding words and using background knowledge to understand a writer message.