The 5 Pillars of Reading
1. Phonological Processing and Awareness
Helps Children Learn to Read and Spell
Sound and Syllable:
* Segmenting * Blending * Isolating * Discrimination * Identifying
* Rhyming; work with words, syllables, onset-rime, phonemes
Helps Children Learn to Read and Spell
Sound and Syllable:
* Segmenting * Blending * Isolating * Discrimination * Identifying
* Rhyming; work with words, syllables, onset-rime, phonemes
2. Phonics
* Word Recognition * Applying sound patterns to letters, syllables, letter teams * Sight vocabulary
* Practice of letter team patterns * Decoding single and multi-syllable
* Systematic and predictable relationship between written letters and spoken sounds
* Use strategies to determine unfamiliar words.
* Word Recognition * Applying sound patterns to letters, syllables, letter teams * Sight vocabulary
* Practice of letter team patterns * Decoding single and multi-syllable
* Systematic and predictable relationship between written letters and spoken sounds
* Use strategies to determine unfamiliar words.
3. Fluency
Ability to read text smoothly, accurately, and with appropriate pace and expression, to match the text meaning
* Phrasing * Intonation * Expression *Volume * Smoothness
* Pace/Rate * Re-reading poetry or prose * 1-minute reads
Ability to read text smoothly, accurately, and with appropriate pace and expression, to match the text meaning
* Phrasing * Intonation * Expression *Volume * Smoothness
* Pace/Rate * Re-reading poetry or prose * 1-minute reads
4. Vocabulary
Words we must know to communicate effectively orally and in reading
* Making Meaning * Use oral vocabulary to make sense of words in print
* Must know meaning of most words before we understand reading
* Determine meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in text
Words we must know to communicate effectively orally and in reading
* Making Meaning * Use oral vocabulary to make sense of words in print
* Must know meaning of most words before we understand reading
* Determine meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in text
5. Comprehension
Reason for Reading
Good readers:
* are purposeful * actively monitor their own comprehension *answer and generate questions
* summarize, infer, predict, connect, predict, compare/contrast * visualize what they are reading
* connect new learning to prior knowledge/schema
* recognize story structure; identify story elements and/or text features
Reason for Reading
Good readers:
* are purposeful * actively monitor their own comprehension *answer and generate questions
* summarize, infer, predict, connect, predict, compare/contrast * visualize what they are reading
* connect new learning to prior knowledge/schema
* recognize story structure; identify story elements and/or text features