By Alessa|2023-09-29T14:06:05-04:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension, learning disability|
Reading Comprehension is the ability to easily and efficiently read text for meaning. It is the last step of the reading process taught to children, after they've acquired phonological processing skills and learned phonics, fluency, and vocabulary. Learn how Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T22:56:18-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, silent reading rate|
Throughout the elementary years, we informally assess a child's reading ability by having them read out loud. As the child reads, we can listen for a number of indicators. For example: Does the child mispronounce specific letter combinations, like Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T12:24:28-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, learning disability, miscues|
FUN FACT: Most good readers actually skip over about 30% of the words their eyes see on a page - yet they still come away with understanding what the text says. Decades of eye-tracking and reading ability studies tell Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T21:54:27-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, reading rate|
Reading fluency - the ability to read quickly and effortlessly for meaning - is an essential step in the reading process. Through regular, daily practice, children move from sounding out letters to being able to automatically read whole words Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T09:55:23-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonics|
Phonics teaches children the link between letters and the sounds they make. Phonics is the 2nd step of the reading processs. You teach phonics after teaching your child phonological awareness. Phonics instruction provides children with skills Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T09:59:18-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonics, unschooling|
Phonics, the 2nd stage of the reading process (after phonological processing), teaches children the link between letters and the sounds they make. Phonics instruction provides children with skills for blending individual sounds into words. With consistent practice, children eventually Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T09:35:43-04:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonics|
Phonics is the 2nd step in the reading process. After children have developed Phonological Awareness, they are ready to connect that oral language skill to the written symbols - our alphabet - that make up words. Look at any Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T09:57:22-04:00September 27th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonemes, phonological processing|
Phonemes Phonemes are the smallest unit of sound that make up our language. Learning about phonemes (individual sounds) is a critical part of developing phonological awareness (learning how sounds work together to make words).While we have Read more...
By Alessa|2023-09-05T08:20:12-04:00September 27th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonemes, phonics, phonological processing|
Phonological Awareness Phonological Awareness includes a broad set of skills that identify and manipulate sounds in oral language. Because no print or text is involved, you can think of phonological awareness as pre-reading skills. Teaching Read more...
