Basic Reading Skills

 

The Basic Reading Skills are as Followed:

  1. Phonemic Awareness – Understanding  that spoken words are made of individual sounds.
    • Subcategory of Phonological Awareness; describes ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds in words.  
    • Helps students make connections to reading while learning to manipulate phonemes with alphabet letters. 
  2. Phonics – Helps students understand the Alphabetic Principle; written letters represent spoken sounds.
    • Articulation of letter sounds and word blending. 
    • Teaches the relationship between individual sounds of spoken language and letters that represent them in written language. 
  3. Reading & Writing – Recognizing words quickly, easily, fluently, and being able to convey messages.  
  4. Fluency – Rate, accuracy, and prosody in reading. 
    • One of the necessary critical factors for reading comprehension.
  5. Vocabulary – Relates to words we must know in order to communicate effectively. 
    • Critical in reading instruction and fundamental to reading comprehension.  
    • Enables students to make connections to prior knowledge, solidify their understanding of new words, and apply what they learn to new words they encounter on their own.   
  6. Comprehension – Construction of meaning through interaction between text and the reader.
    • Increased when readers actively relate prior knowledge and experiences to the text and construct mental representations in their memory.   
    • Readers derive meaning from text when purposefully engaged in problem-solving thinking processes. 

 

The Basic Reading Skills  build the foundation of teaching literacy to children.  Children’s reading education depends on implementation of all of the basic reading skills.  Thus, you cannot have all without one, and you cannot have one without all.      

References:

“Teachscape.  LI100: Foundations of Effective Literacy Practice.”  http://login.teachscape.com/web/#/learn