The 5 pillars of reading instruction
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The document emphasizes the five pillars of reading comprehension: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It highlights the importance of these components for effective reading instruction and student success. Additionally, it mentions the historical context of passenger pigeons to illustrate the need for deeper understanding in reading.
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The 5 pillars of reading instruction
- 1. Comprehension The holy grail ofreading! Critical thinking - being able to extract meaning, evaluate information and process ideas. 2 4 3 5 PhonemicAwareness Being able to identify, manipulate and substitute the smallest units ofsound - the building blocks ofspeech and the foundation oflearning to read. Phonics Turning those sounds into speech and being able to decode the written word - linking sounds and matching them to letters to formulate a word. 1 A TC Vocabulary Knowing what the words mean - helping kids to think more and understand. Better understanding ofthe meaning ofwords leads to greatercomprehension. Fluency The ability to read accurately, quickly and with expression - a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. Not long ago, there were millions and millions ofpassengerpigeons in NorthAmerica.These pigeons flew in large flocks. Sometimes the flock is so large that they blocked out the sun.They were called passengerpigeons because they travelled from place to place looking forfood. Passengerpigeons lived in oak and beech forests. In the 1850s, Firmly establishing these 5 pillars leads to the highest chance ofreading success! Learn more: text.help/five-pillars Read&Write & FluencyTutor® are just two ofthe waysTexthelp is helping teachers to give kids the one-on-one support they need with reading instruction.