5 Pillars of Reading by

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 01:56:34 UTC

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and recognize sounds. This concept should be practiced at a youg age to help children be able to recognize sounds to help them with reading and spelling.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 01:57:46 UTC

Phonics is matching sounds to letters. Phonics is important because it helps with decoding and letter-sound relationships.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:01:04 UTC

Fluency is how smooth one can speak or read. Reading fluently helps with comprehension.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:03:28 UTC

Vocabulary is words that someone knows and uses in speaking and writing. People can broaden their vocabulary by reading and studying. Having a good vocabulary helps with fluency. It is also important for reading comprehension.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:05:03 UTC

Comprehension is a persons ability to understand a text or spoken language. This is important for buidling critical thinking skills and good communication.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:17:10 UTC

This scholastic article has a few fun and engaging activities for students on phonemic awareness.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:23:45 UTC

Reading rockets has a list of some fun activities on phonics that teachers can use in the classroom. This site also promotes family involvement. There are youtube videos displayed on how to do the activities.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:28:32 UTC

Teachers pay teachers is a good site to find classroom materials. I liked this worksheet on reading comprehension in particular because it has the student read the high frequency words, the passage, and then answer comprehension questions.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:35:40 UTC

The activities listed on this site are so creative. Teachers can help build their students vocabulary by having them play bingo, use word cards, use the words to write a short story, or even drawing a picture of the words meaning.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:44:48 UTC

Readers theatre helps students with fluency. Each student can pick a part to read and fill it with expression. Students love being part of a script/play where they can act as a character. This site has many different scripts to choose from.

arika_davenport15 — 2024-11-22 02:53:22 UTC

This article explains the 5 pillars of reading, their purpose, why they are important, how teachers can help, and some examples of instruction.