5 Pillars of Reading Flashcards
1
Q
Identify the 5 pillars of reading
A
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Vocab
- Fluency
- Comprehension
2
Q
What is Phonemic Awareness?
A
The ability to hear and manipulate sounds
3
Q
What is phonics?
A
The alphabetic code that connects sounds to the letters
EX: sound /b/ represents letter b
4
Q
What is vocabulary?
A
Students knowledge and memory of word meanings
5
Q
What is fluency?
A
The ability to read accurately and expressively with prosody
6
Q
What is comprehension?
A
The ability to understand the meaning of what you read. The ultimate goal of reading
7
Q
What are 5 characteristics of structured literacy?
A
- Decodable texts
- Phonemic awareness activities
- Sound walls
- Phonics instruction
- High frequency words
