The Word Discovery Process What Strong Readers Do with New Words When people with good reading skills encounter new words in text, they generally follow the same process for figuring out what those words mean. (This assumes, of course, that they do not skip over the words.) They follow a process of decoding and discovery….
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Suggested Readings For more information about the concepts and topics in this book, take a look at the following resources. (All links open in a new page.) Bloom’s Taxonomy (n.a.). “Bloom’s Taxonomy questions”. http://www.bloomstaxonomy.org/Blooms%20Taxonomy%20questions.pdf Brooke, E. (n.a.). “The critical role of oral language in reading instruction and assessment”. Lexia Learning. https://www.lexialearning.com/resources/white-papers/oral-language Butler, S., Urrutia, K.,…
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Sample Reading Activities Phonics The following activities and brief descriptions are sample activities to address the various reading components. These activities may or may not work for your students. Consider whether or not they will be useful to you, how you might modify them for your students, and what other ideas they might suggest. Oral…
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Sample Reading Activities Comprehension The following activities and brief descriptions are sample activities to address the various reading components. These activities may or may not work for your students. Consider whether or not they will be useful to you, how you might modify them for your students, and what other ideas they might suggest. Oral…
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Sample Reading Activities Vocabulary The following activities and brief descriptions are sample activities to address the various reading components. These activities may or may not work for your students. Consider whether or not they will be useful to you, how you might modify them for your students, and what other ideas they might suggest. Oral…
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Sample Reading Activities Fluency The following activities and brief descriptions are sample activities to address the various reading components. These activities may or may not work for your students. Consider whether or not they will be useful to you, how you might modify them for your students, and what other ideas they might suggest. Oral…
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Sample Reading Activities Phonemic Awareness The following activities and brief descriptions are sample activities to address the various reading components. These activities may or may not work for your students. Consider whether or not they will be useful to you, how you might modify them for your students, and what other ideas they might suggest….
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Sample Reading Activities Oral Language Development The following activities and brief descriptions are sample activities to address the various reading components. These activities may or may not work for your students. Consider whether or not they will be useful to you, how you might modify them for your students, and what other ideas they might…
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The Love of Reading As a teacher of reading (whether you are a classroom teacher, home school parent, or reading interventionist), your job is to help students learn to read well. That is your entire job, and that is the point of this book. I sometimes make the controversial statement that it does not matter…
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What to Teach with Comprehension Comprehension draws from several other reading components: phonics, vocabulary, and oral language. If you are focusing on helping students improve their comprehension skills, you will also need to provide instructional activities in phonics, vocabulary, and oral language at the same time. The activities for those components should apply to the…
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