Reading Strategies
Alphabet Knowledge
Students will learn to recognize the different alphabet letter names and sounds.
Students will learn to recognize the different alphabet letter names and sounds.
Phonemic Awareness
Students need to understand that spoken words are comprised of individual speech sounds. Phonemic awareness involves only spoken words, which is different from phonics. Students must be able to identify spoken words are made up of speech sounds. For example the word bat is made up of the speech sounds /b/ /a/ /t/ and when blended makes the word bat.
Phonics
Once students understand word sounds, they learn how to sound out and decode words. Students will learn how to recognize and make patterns with words. Being able to sound out words can be easy on phonetically regular words such as bat, flat, or sink, but can be difficult on words, such as, some, was, or said. Although some words are difficult the ability to sound out words gives the reader or writer a place to start. Each week students will be working on one or more word sound.
Structural Analysis
Is the skill of using parts of words to identify word meaning. For example you may not understand what the word neuropathology means, but if you break the word apart you can gain a better understanding of the word. Students will learn this skill, so that they can tackle the meaning of unknown words by breaking it apart.
Site Words
Site words are frequent words that students need to know, so that they can recognize them. They are also irregular words that cannot be sounded out. Students must learn how to pronounce as well as spell site words. Some of these words include:
A
And
Away
Above
Again
I
Help
Bought
See
To
Each week students will be working on one or more site word.
Context
Students will learn the skills to use the context of sentences to help them identify and pronounce words. The word read is a good example, depending on the context of the sentence if can be pronounced in two different ways.
Syntax
Syntax deals with sentence structure. Sentence structure can help students identify particular words . Students will learn syntactic rules for both oral and written language.
Fluency
Students will learn how to become fluent readers. Through these various strategies students will be able to read words and passages in a way that is free from errors and in a fluent manner.
Students need to understand that spoken words are comprised of individual speech sounds. Phonemic awareness involves only spoken words, which is different from phonics. Students must be able to identify spoken words are made up of speech sounds. For example the word bat is made up of the speech sounds /b/ /a/ /t/ and when blended makes the word bat.
Phonics
Once students understand word sounds, they learn how to sound out and decode words. Students will learn how to recognize and make patterns with words. Being able to sound out words can be easy on phonetically regular words such as bat, flat, or sink, but can be difficult on words, such as, some, was, or said. Although some words are difficult the ability to sound out words gives the reader or writer a place to start. Each week students will be working on one or more word sound.
Structural Analysis
Is the skill of using parts of words to identify word meaning. For example you may not understand what the word neuropathology means, but if you break the word apart you can gain a better understanding of the word. Students will learn this skill, so that they can tackle the meaning of unknown words by breaking it apart.
Site Words
Site words are frequent words that students need to know, so that they can recognize them. They are also irregular words that cannot be sounded out. Students must learn how to pronounce as well as spell site words. Some of these words include:
A
And
Away
Above
Again
I
Help
Bought
See
To
Each week students will be working on one or more site word.
Context
Students will learn the skills to use the context of sentences to help them identify and pronounce words. The word read is a good example, depending on the context of the sentence if can be pronounced in two different ways.
Syntax
Syntax deals with sentence structure. Sentence structure can help students identify particular words . Students will learn syntactic rules for both oral and written language.
Fluency
Students will learn how to become fluent readers. Through these various strategies students will be able to read words and passages in a way that is free from errors and in a fluent manner.
Resources
Smith,J. (2009) . What is reading? In Early Literacy Instruction (2nd ed.)(pp.1-22). Toronto, ON: Pearson. |
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