Teaching Reading

What this page covers

The page brings together over 600 resources on how reading is taught, made by GoConqr users. Most are mind maps, with flashcards, quizzes, notes, slide sets and flowcharts alongside them. The topics run from word-level skills to comprehension and assessment.

Where to start

Begin with the big-picture maps. The mind map TEACHING READING lays out reasons for reading, kinds of reading, reading levels, skills, principles and sequences. Reading strategies then looks at monitoring comprehension: noticing what you understand, spotting what you do not, and choosing a strategy to fix the problem.

Next, pick the approach that matches your question:

• Learning to read compares the phonics approach, the look and say approach and the psycholinguistics approach.
• Balanced Reading Program covers independent, read aloud, shared and guided reading.
• Shared Reading lists the positives of reading together, such as community spirit and growing confidence.
• Recognizing an Author's Purpose shows ways to practise the skill with task cards, worksheets and Boom Cards.

Preparing for RICA

Several resources mention RICA. The RICA Study Guide flashcards define terms such as phonemes and morphemes. The notes on Sub Area II, Reading Instruction and Assessments, work through Competency 6.0 and phonological and phonemic awareness. The RICA Website Practice Test presents classroom scenarios, and there are four practice sets that split the questions into blocks of fifteen.

Using maps and quizzes together

Read a map first, then take a quiz without looking. Note the questions you missed, go back to the matching map or flashcards, and try again later. Flashcard decks such as Reading Theorists and Jeanne Chall's Stages of Reading Development are handy for quick recall of names and stages. Notes created from mind maps give the same content in a more linear form if you prefer reading to branching diagrams.

Where it fits

This unit sits in the Teaching Language Skills and Literacy strand of Education and pedagogy. It suits university students, professional candidates and teachers who want to compare approaches and check their knowledge.

Choose one map that matches what you are studying today, then take a quiz on it and see what is still unclear.