online activity #1

Phonemic awareness

• -THE ABILITY TO NOTICE, THINK ABOUT AND WORK W THE INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS IN SPOKEN WORDS.
• -awareness to the sounds of words before being able to read written sentences.
• -phonemic awareness is *not* phonics

Phonics

• - makes a huge growth in reading for students.
• -there are different approaches to phonics
• -phonic instruction does not slow down the process of children's learning

fluency

• -to read a test accurately and quickly
• -there can be kids who are more fluent and less fluent in reading
• -fluency developer gradually over time and through substantial practice.
• -44 percent of the nations 4th graders were low in fluency.

vocab

• -words we must know to communicate affectively
• -there are four types of vocabulary (listening, speaking, reading and writing.)
• -teaching specific words before reading helps both vocabulary learning and reading comprehension.

comprehension

• -understanding what you are reading
• -students who can recognize story structure have a greater apprieciation understanding and memory for stories.
• -there are certain strategies to teach comprehension skills.