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Reading can be a challenging undertaking for many children. The Reading Rope, pictured below, was created by Dr. Hollis Scarborough, to capture the essence of reading. She originally spoke about skilled reading resembling the "strands" of a rope and would use pipe cleaners to illustrate the interconnectedness and interdependence of all the main components reading encompasses.
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Scarborough's Reading Rope At-a-Glance:
Reading Rope consists of lower and upper strands
The strands weave together to produce a skilled reader
Skilled readers are not created overnight but it takes consistent instruction and practice over time
Scarborough's Reading Rope Approach:
Scarborough's Reading Rope Approach:
Reading Rope consists of two strands
Lower strand
Upper strand
Lower Strand consists of...
Word-recognition strands
Phonological Awareness
Decoding
Sight Recognition of familiar words
When these strands work together the reader becomes accurate, fluent, and automatic with repetition and practice.
Upper Strand consists of...
Language Comprehension
Background Knowledge
Vocabulary
Language Structures
Verbal Reasoning
Literacy Knowledge
When these strands work together they reinforce each other then weave into the lower strands to create a skilled reader.
This video provides a brief explanation, and introduction, to Scarborough's Reading Rope.
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