1. First children need to recognize and use individual sounds to create words. Just like our elementary teachers used to say "Sound it out".
2. Children need to understand the relationships between letters and spoken sounds. After being able recognize letters and sounds, children can decode new words.
3. Reading fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly. After practice with this, children begin to understand what is written.
4. Vocabulary development is where the child learns the meaning and the correct pronunciation of words. Practicing this step over and over again will expand their knowledge of written words. This step will also help children learn what words mean and when to use them.
5. Reading comprehension strategies allow children to understand, remember and discuss what is read.
Children who practice these 5 reading components can improve their reading and become active readers. National Children's Literacy Website
Morgan I completely agree with what you have said here. This is a very basic breakdown of the steps children need to take in order to become better readers. However, these are concepts that do not just take practice, at least for the first few steps you need help. Parents and teachers play a huge role in getting a child’s foot in the door with reading. Kids fall through the cracks when they don’t have both parents and teachers pushing and helping them. Are there ways we can help this system stopping kids from falling through the cracks? The last step you have here is reading comprehension; is there a way to assist children when learning this process? This is a very important but difficult step for young readers to take and a place where many struggle especially when moving up in reading level to more complex books. What steps can we take as future teachers to prepare students and get them ready to be able to do this effectively on their own?
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