Literacy Support: multi-sensory intervention and comprehension strategies
Literacy Support
Literacy Support is a targeted and individualized reading intervention class. Students have direct instruction, focusing on sound/symbol relationships-- phonemes, morphemes, vocabulary, spelling, sentence syntax, semantics, and comprehension. Students will read literature, in the forms of "quick reads," short stories, novels, and informational texts. Students' reading will be monitored for word recognition and vocabulary and meanings of words within context, which will increase fluency and comprehension, as well as general decoding and encoding knowledge--syllable patterns and syllable types. Students learn to become active readers while moving through the curriculum (Active reading is when students actively engage with the material by being aware of their own thought process when reading.). The curriculum will include lessons that ask students to recall details, identify main ideas, write main idea or topic sentences, make inferences, and define words' meanings. Students will use comprehension strategies, such as questioning the text while reading, summarizing, predicting, making mental images, analyzing story components, like the setting, characters, and problems and their solutions. The program will monitor and assess growth, with pre-assessments, benchmark assessments, and other formative assessments. As with any reading study, it is recommended that students read as often as possible, with family one-on-one discussions of themes and subjects found in the readings. It is suggested that students are asked "why" questions, especially when they are making connections between what they are reading and what they already know about the subject or know from their life experiences.