Subject Area Reading
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Dr. Helen Robbins
Dr. Maria Tsalikis
Subject Related Reading
What is an Effective Literacy Program?
A program that contains parts that are necessary for students to master reading
An effective literacy program should always contain these six major components:
Oral Language
Phonemic Awareness/Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension
Oral Language Development
Communicating via speaking and listening
First step toward becoming literate
Children are active participants in their learning of language
Children construct or reconstruct language as they learn
Children imitate the language of adults
Language processes are commonly recognized as the basis for learning to read
Language learning is an important part of learning to read
Phonemic Awareness/Phonological Awareness
Phonemic Awareness
The ability to hear that a spoken word is made up of a series of sounds
Example: map = /m/ /a/ /p/
Phonological Awareness
The ability to hear the sound of the larger parts of language
Examples: Rhymes: blue/shoe Syllables: /lit/ /tle/
Phonics
Phonics is a method that teaches students the systematic relationship between the letters and sounds and how to use this skill to read words.
This process is called decoding
Looking at a word and connecting the letters and sounds and then blending those sounds together to pronounce words
Example: m /mmm/ a/aaa/ t/t/ = mat
Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meanings
The purpose of teaching vocabulary to students is so they are able to understand what words mean and to use them to acquire meaning of what they reading
Vocabulary is an important component because the more words that a student knows and understands the more the student will comprehend when reading
Fluency
This is the ability for a child to read effortlessly
Fluency in reading includes:
Speed
Accuracy
Expression
Fluency is linked to comprehension and when it is achieved a student can start focusing on the meaning of what they are reading
Comprehension
This refers to a children's understanding of what they are reading
Reading comprehension is the process of extracting and constructing meaning from written texts
