Learning to read and write
Learning to read and write
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How does the brain do this?
How does the brain do this?
We are not born with a reading area of the brain - we have to build it!
Everyone learns to read in the same way, in any language. We know this because scientists have recorded this happening over and over again, through brain imaging, while reading takes place.
We must build connections between the speech sounds we hear (in the sound area of the brain called Broca's area) to the print we see. The Phonics Chip or Angular Gyrus area in the brain, attaches these sounds to symbols (letters on the page).
We attach meaning to words through experiences and prior knowledge. This happens in the Meaning processor of the brain, or Wernicke's area.
These meaningful sounds and symbols are "mapped" together and stored in the visual area of our brain (known as the Visual Word Form area or Orthographic Processer) for long term retrieval.
This page covers the reading and writing ropes, simple view of reading and writing and the elements and principles of structured literacy.
Sub pages off this page:
Language comprehension - background knowledge, vocabulary, language structure, literacy knowledge
Word recognition - phonology, decoding, sight recognition, syllables
The reading rope
The reading rope
Scarborough (2001)
the writing rope
the writing rope
Sedita (2019)
STRUCTURED LITERACY Elements & Principles
STRUCTURED LITERACY Elements & Principles
Structured Literacy is a comprehensive, systematic approach to literacy instruction that explicitly teaches oral and written language skills. It follows a consistent scope and sequence, progressing from simple to complex concepts. Instruction is multisensory, integrating listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It supports all levels of language production, from sounds to discourse. Lessons are tailored to individual needs through ongoing assessment. Mastery to automaticity is essential to free cognitive resources for comprehension and expression.
Carla and Linda Farrell discuss Structured Literacy, explain its elements and principles, and who it’s best suited for and why (30 mins)
Structured-Literacy-Grounded-in-the-Science-of-Reading-SOR-V18.pdfStructured Literacy is both WHAT to teach (the content) and HOW to teach it (the methods or principles of instruction).
The "WHO" refers to who benefits from Structured Literacy instruction. It highlights that Structured Literacy is essential for students with dyslexia and other learning challenges and beneficial for all students as illustrated by the different tiers of instruction. The approach is designed to be inclusive, ensuring that no student is left behind in developing critical reading and writing skills.
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Image Source Left: Learning Matters Partnership with RTLB Cluster 28
Elements of Structured Literacy & How they relate to the Reading Brain
Elements of Structured Literacy & How they relate to the Reading Brain
Recapping how the Reading Brain develops.
WHAT COULD Structured literacy Look Like across Year Levels?
WHAT COULD Structured literacy Look Like across Year Levels?
Right is the TIERED PLAN
Image Source: Learning Matters Partnership with RTLB Cluster 28
Structured Literacy Across Year Levels.pdfThe Science of Reading
The Science of Reading
(33.30 minute watch)
Cognitive psychology and neuroscience have begun to dissect the neuronal mechanisms of literacy using brain-imaging techniques.
During reading acquisition, our brain circuitry recycles several of its pre-existing visual and auditory areas to reorient them to the processing of letters and phonemes. The nature of this "neuronal recycling" process helps explain many of the children's difficulties in learning to read.
The growing understanding of the child's brain has important consequences for education.
The Science of Reading
The Science of Reading
(20 min read)
40 years of interdisciplinary insights into the process of learning to read, gathered from the largest body of research that includes:
developmental psychology,
cognitive neuropsychology,
developmental linguistics, and
educational intervention
Science-of-Reading-White-Paper-Stewart-1.pdfHow the Brain Learns to Read - Carolyn strom
How the Brain Learns to Read - Carolyn strom
(16 minutes watch in total)
The whole webinar is good and explains in detail how the brain learns to read.
If you are short on time try watching:
building the reading brain 6.22 - 31.00
orthographic mapping 40.41 - 41.53 what happens in the brain's Letterbox
Chit Chat with Pamela Snow
Chit Chat with Pamela Snow
(52 minute watch/listen)
Carla McNeil and Pamela Snow discuss the teaching of reading in schools. The types of instruction our children receive in reading, and what we might look out for with our children at home.
Note:
Carla McNeil (Carla McNeil - Education Consultant - The iDeaL Approach powered by Learning MATTERS, NZ)
Pamela Snow (Australian speech-language pathologist and registered psychologist )
Podcast: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
Podcast: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
(8 podcasts)
SOR in 8 mins
SOR in 8 mins
Also, see websites like The Reading League, where the video's definition of the Science of Reading comes from, and Reading Rockets.
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