Phonemic Awareness: Phonemic Awareness is the understanding that spoken words are made up of individual speech sounds. It is a critical factor in learning to read and spell (Put Reading First, p. 1). In my classroom, I will use activities that have children identify and categorize phonemes, and blending them into words. I will assess using small group instruction as well.
Phonics: Phonics is the understanding that there is a predictable relationship between phonemes and graphemes (Armbruster, B. B., Lehr, F., Osborn, J. 2003). Phonics instruction teaches children the relationships between letters of written language and individual sounds of spoken language to where they comprehend.
Reading Comprehension: The ability to aquire strategies to understand, remember, and communicate what is read. Making predictions, inferences, and the ability to know what cause and effect is are strategies that children must learn to be able to comprehend what is being read.
Reading Fluency: Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly (Armbruster, B. B, et al). Fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Fluent readers do not have to focus on decoding the words, which helps comprehension. In my classroom, I will provide a wide variety of texts at varied levels and genres.
Vocabulary: The knowledge of words, their definitions, and context in which the word is used. Word wall is a good way to increase vocabulary skills. I will have a word chart with vocabulary words from each story we read.
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