5 Pillars of Reading by Hillary Wolfe

Phonemic Awareness is something students need to have down before the start Phonics.

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-03 17:32:24 UTC

Phonemic Awareness is the ability to recognize individual sounds, or phonemes, within a word.

Activities for Phonemic Awareness

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 14:03:09 UTC

KY State Standard:

RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).

Phonics are taught to students to help them read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system.

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 15:07:38 UTC

Phonics is the foundation in which students build in the process of learning to read and write. It gives them the knowledge needed for word recognition, decoding and spelling.

Activities for Phonics

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 15:12:07 UTC

KY State Standard:

RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Fluency is the ability to read smoothly and accurately with the correct accuracy, speed and expression.

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 15:38:11 UTC

Fluency helps with reading development. This makes students have a better understanding of, not only what they are reading, but also other aspects of life.

Activities for Fluency

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 15:45:14 UTC

KY State Standard:

RF.K.4 Read fluently (accuracy, speed, and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.

Vocabulary is words that people use daily and helps with communication and comprehension.

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 16:13:35 UTC

Students learn new vocabulary about every week. It helps make them more fluent with their understanding of reading and everyday life.

Activities for Vocabulary

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 16:33:42 UTC

KY State Standard:

L.K.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content

Comprehension is the understanding of the context, inferences and words within a text.

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 16:40:46 UTC

Making sure students have good comprehension skills is important because without this skill, it makes it hard for students to know what they are reading and the key details in a story.

Activities for Comprehension

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 16:43:53 UTC

KY State Standard:

RI.K.2 With prompting and support, orally recognize key details from a summary to demonstrate understanding of the central idea of a text.

Importance of The 5 Pillars of Reading

hillary_wolfe3 — 2024-12-04 16:50:08 UTC

With the Kentucky State Standards, building learning goals and coming up with resources to go along with the standards, makes a teachers life so much easier!

The 5 Pillars of Reading are a major part of helping students build their foundations of reading and become skilled, confident readers.