Literacy Big 5 Summary

Phonemic Awareness

• " ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words"
• Is a subcategory of phonological awareness
• Is a skill that can be learned or taught
• There are many ways to teach it, but try and focus the instruction
• Phonemic awareness helps kids read, write, and helps phonics instruction

Phonics Instruction

• It is the understanding of the relationship between letters
• Helps kids understadn the realtionhisp between written and spoken words
• Helps us remember how to spell irregular words
• Instruction needs to be explicit and sytematic
• Instruction should begin in Kindergarten

Fluency Instruction

• Process of quick, accurate reading
• Is important in comprehension, and word recongnition
• Takes time and practice to devlop
• Repeated reading is proven to help fluency
• Modeling is important for students
• Monitioring is a useful tool

Vocabulary Instruction

• Using words you know to understand words you do not
• Some vocab must be taught directly
• You can help students learn both indirectly and directly
• Focus on important/useful/difficult words, not ALL unknown words

Text Comprehension Instruction

• Ensuring students are understading what they are reading
• There are six strategies proven to help comprehension
• Is a skill that needs to be emphasized in the beginning stages of reading
• Readers think will reading, and they read for a purpose