The Science Of Reading

The Science of Reading

Birth to Pre-K: Essential Components of Reading

Phonemic Awareness

Vocabulary

Fluency

Definition: Receptive and expressive words that children understand and use during conversations

Definition: To speak, repeat, and talk with expression

Definition: To hear, identifiy, and manipluate spoken words

Assessment Tools: 1. Verbal word recongnition check-list 2. Written word recongition check-list

Critical Skills: 1. Reconzing words that are spoken, sung, or read to them 2. Expressing words in a meaningful way

Critical Skills: 1. Phonemic and phonological Awareness

Assessment tools: Observations that check for: 1. Call and Response 2. Repeating words in books

Critical Skills: 1. Rhyming 2. Blending 3. Beginning sounds

Assessment Tool: 1. Books that have rhymes 2. Songs 3.Activities that involve a call and response

The Science of Reading

1st- 3rd Grade: Essential Components of reading

Vocabulary

Comprehension

Fluency

Definition: The ability to refer back to a text, understand it, and find meaning in it.

Definition: The stored compliation of words that are verbalized and also recognizable through speech and text.

Definition: To read quickly, accurately, and with expression

Assessment tools: 1. Timed Reading 2. Comprehension Check-list 3. Observational reading 4. Comprehension Test

Assessment Tools: 1. Think-pair-share 2. Write the main idea 3. Draw the story 4. Write out favorite part of story

Critical Skills: 1. Remember the text 2. Reading with fluency 3. Decoding skills 4. Strong vocabulary

Critical Skills: 1. Decoding 2. Print Knowledge 3. Phonemic and Phological Awareness

Critical Skills: 1. Determine the meaning of words in oral and written form 2. Connect word with meaning using conext

Assessment Tool: 1. Observations 2. Standarized Test 3. One-on-one conversations