Comprehending Reading to Learn Childhood Literacy Office of

Comprehending: Reading to Learn Childhood Literacy Office of Overseas Programming & Training Support (OPATS)

A Quick Review o Print Awareness & Knowledge (PAK) o Alphabet Knowledge (AK) o Phonological and Phonemic Awareness (PPA) o Phonics are fun o Fluency is faster o Vocabulary matters o Spelling rules o Writing rocks o Comprehension: Pulling it all together

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Think, pair, share § How can you tell when a child is reading for meaning? § What do you think some strategies for comprehension might be? § How do you think writing can support reading?

Reading: More than Decoding § Twas brillig and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves And the mome raths outgrabe. § What does this say? What does it mean?

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll § It was evening, and the smooth active badgers were scratching and boring holes in the hill side the parrots were all unhappy and the solemn turtles shrieked.

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Fluency is Faster § Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. § Why do you think fluency is so important?

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Vocabulary Matters § Beginning readers must use the words they hear orally to make sense of the words they see in print. § Readers cannot understand what they are reading without knowing what most of the words mean. § Why do you think vocabulary is important?

Four types of vocabulary § Listening vocabulary – the words we need to know to understand what we hear § Speaking vocabulary – the words we use when we speak § Reading vocabulary – the words we need to know to understand what we read § Writing vocabulary – the words we use in writing

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Spelling Rules § Learning to spell is built on the understanding that words are made up of separate speech sounds (phonemes) and that letters represent those sounds. § Why do you think spelling is important?

Spelling Must be Taught § Alphabetic principle – knowledge of which individual letters match up to sounds, in the correct sequence. § Pattern information – which groups of letters function as a pattern to represent sounds (Examples of patterns would include: CVC (Consonant/Vowel/Consonant). § Meaning information – which groups of letters represent the meaning (The prefix re- as in redo, means to do again).

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Writing Rocks § A child's writing development parallels their development as a reader. § Why do you writing is important?

Helping Children Write and Read § Language Experience Approach (LEA). § Daily writing work on a wide range of writing tasks. § Integrate writing activities across the curriculum (not just language arts). § Use reading to support writing development.

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Comprehension: Pulling it All Together § Good readers & writers use experiences & knowledge of: • The World • Vocabulary • Language Sounds • Language Structure • To develop strategies to help them learn new information.

Childhood Literacy Comprehending: Reading to Learn Office of Overseas Programming & Training Support (OPATS)