CHRISTMAS BEADS 2

Watch the video (stop at 20:55): 5 Pillars of Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2HQbPnZ8wk

Respond to each of the following guided viewing questions: 1. What are the Five Pillars of Reading?

2. The Five Pillars of Reading are critical to the process of reading with comprehension being one of the facets of reading. What is the goal of reading?

3. What are the pillars that support reading comprehension?

4. Explain the Read, Paraphrase, Sort strategy and the 5 Pillars challenge.

5. How much time is ideally alloted for phonemic awareness in order for a student to benefit from this instruction?

6. How often should a student receive phonics instruction? What is the benefit?

7. According to research, what should ideally occur after three years of phonics and sight word instruction?.

8. What is the purpose of fluency?

9. How long does it take an expert reader to read almost any word?

10. What does it mean to “break the code” in reading?

11. What is the difference between comprehension instruction and comprehension practice?

12. In your own words, what does Wolf mean by this statement: “Reading is a neuronally and intellectually circuitous act, enriched as much by the unpredictable indirections of a reader’s inferences and thoughts, as by the direct message to the eye from the text.”?

13. What are the comprehension processes characteristic of proficient readers?