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By Alessa|2019-09-29T20:22:49-05:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension, dyslexia, learning disability|
Many children easily master the basic reading process. They go from sounding out individual words to reading full sentences breathlessly. Some parents, however, discover that their child's reading comprehension doesn't quite match their reading level. The kiddo can read Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-29T19:34:11-05:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension|
It can be discouraging, as a parent, to see a good reader struggle with reading comprehension. You can, however, take some 1-on-1 time to work at improving comprehension skills. Talking through comprehension questions with your child - after your Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-20T12:33:47-05:00September 29th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: comprehension, learning disability|
Reading Comprehension is the ability to easily and efficiently read text for meaning. It is the last step of the reading process taught to children, after they've acquired phonological processing skills and learned phonics, fluency, and vocabulary. Five levels Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T22:56:18-05:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, silent reading rate|
Throughout the elementary years, we informally assess a child's reading ability by having them read out loud. As the child reads, we can listen for a number of indicators. For example: Does the child mispronounce specific letter combinations, like Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-20T14:40:16-05:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, learning disability, miscues|
Fun Fact: Most good readers actually skip over about 30% of the words their eyes see on a page - yet they still come away with understanding what the text says. Decades of eye-tracking and reading ability studies tell Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T21:54:27-05:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: fluency, reading rate|
Reading fluency - the ability to read quickly and effortlessly for meaning - is an essential step in the reading process. Through regular, daily practice, children move from sounding out letters to being able to automatically read whole words Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T14:05:10-05:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonics|
Phonics teaches children the link between letters and the sounds they make. It comes after phonological processing. Phonics makes up the 2nd stage of a structured literacy program. Phonics instruction provides children with skills for blending individual sounds into Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T13:06:20-05:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonics, unschooling|
Phonics, the 2nd stage of the reading process (after phonological processing), teaches children the link between letters and the sounds they make. Phonics instruction provides children with skills for blending individual sounds into words.It takes a lot of mental energy Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-28T09:26:13-05:00September 28th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonics|
Phonics is the 2nd step in the reading process. After children have developed Phonological Awareness, they are ready to connect that oral language skill to the written symbols - our alphabet - that make up words. Look at any Read more...
By Alessa|2019-09-27T22:10:23-05:00September 27th, 2019|Categories: Reading|Tags: phonemes, phonological processing|
Phonemes Phonemes are the smallest unit of sound that make up our language. While we have 26 letters of the American alphabet, we actually have 44 sounds. How is that possible, you ask? Some Phonemes are made up Read more...
