5 Areas of Reading

5 Areas of Reading

1. Comprehension

   • Summarizing
   • Inferencing
   • Sequencing
     • Click the link below to watch a VIDEO of students demonstrating Sequencing. https://youtu.be/ZEWitdYB6_Y
   • Comparing and Contrasting
   • Drawing conclusions

2. Phonics

   • Connection between sounds and letter symbols.
     • Synthetic Phonics
     • Analytic Phonics
     • Phonics Through Spelling

3. Fluency

   • Click the link below to watch a VIDEO explaining the importance of reading fluency. https://youtu.be/ogi7ANK49wk
   • Ability to read with speed, accuracy and expression
     • Directly tied to comprehension

4. Phonemic Awareness

   • Click the link below to watch a VIDEO on the Alphabetic Principle http://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/phonics-and-decoding
   • Understanding that words are created from phonemes
     • Comes before phonics instruction

5. Vocabulary

   • Graphic Organizer for vocabulary exercises http://freeology.com/wp-content/files/vocabularycluster.pdf
   • Explicit instruction
   • Context Clues

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