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Elementary Reading Toolkit
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Welcome to our Reading Toolkit site!
Welcome to our Reading Toolkit site!
We are so happy you are here. The Reading Specialist team created this site to provide ideas and resources for you to use at home to help your students become the best readers and writers they can be! Please select the grade level of your student to find the resources that will most likely match their needs. Below we describe the five components to successful reading.
We will be updating this site frequently so check back for up to date information!
If you have questions about the website or activities, please email Ellen Burns (eburns@hanoverschools.org), Anastasia Frank (afrank@hanoverschools.org), Meghan Caiafa (mcaiafa@hanoverschools.org), and Jennifer McDonald (jmcdonald@hanoverschools.org)
Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and vocabulary all work together to build comprehension. In order for students to comprehend the texts they read, they must have these four components. These components are described in more detail below.
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness is the understanding that the sounds of spoken language work together to make words. This is simply oral activities, there is no printed text, letters, or paper needed. Activities like rhyming, syllable segmenting, and breaking apart/building words verbally are great for building phonemic awareness.
Phonics
Phonics
Phonics is the understanding that there is a relationship between letters and sounds through written language. Students in every grade level are working on this skill. Phonics starts with letter recognition and develops into blending words on paper. Blends, digraphs, diphthongs, vowels, and consonants all make up phonics! Although we talk about phonics in each grade level, here is a great starting point for over 500 free printables to use with your student.
Fluency
Fluency
Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Prosody contributes to comprehension above and beyond the contribution made by automatic word recognition. Fluency can be built through various activities. The simplest thing you can do is read, read, read! Read a book out loud to your child, have them read the book out loud, and continue this process a few times! Reading a book multiple times helps build fluency. Reading Rockets has some great tips for parents on picking out books for their children.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Developing vocabulary skills starts from birth and goes on forever. Readers must recognize the words they read- this is from hearing the words orally beforehand. A large vocabulary in children provides a foundation for them while reading. It allows them to recognize words they read, self-correct, and monitor for understanding. This is an excellent resource provided by Reading Rockets with a plethora of activities to build vocabulary. This component of reading starts from birth.
Comprehension
Comprehension
Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to (1) decode what they read; (2) make connections between what they read and what they already know; and (3) think deeply about what they have read. Again, this is a skill that is worked on throughout all grade levels.
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