Decoding encoding

Decoding

using knowledge of phonics patterns to sound out written words.

Sight words

those words that readers recognize “on sight”—without having to decode.

Dolch and Fry

authors oftwo of the most common sets of sight words

fluency is important skill to achieve because it

better able to focus on comprehension.

Four components on fluency

1 Rate 2. Accuracy 3. Automaticy (recognition of words without decoding) 4. Prosody (proper vocal inflection

what are two types of vocabulary?

Receptive and expressive

Receptive vocabulary

words that you understand upon hearing or reading them

expressive vocabulary,

which are the words that you use when speaking or writing.

context clues

—information contained in the surrounding text that can help the reader figure out the meaning of a word.

Reading comprehension

ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning.requires critical thinking

7 Factors affecting Reading Comprehension

1. Fluency 2. Vocabulary 3. Prior background knowledge 4. Text difficulty level 5. Text Structures and Features 6. Comprehension skills and strategies 7. Motivation

Literal Comprehension

Understanding the meaning of the text, main idea, listing events, supporting details

Critical comprehension

Drawing inferences, conclusions, distinguishing fact from opinion, determining purpose and tone

SQ3R (by Francis P. Robinson)

Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

four steps of the SOAR method

Select, Organize, Associate, and Regulate – makes for an adaptable and versatile learning approach

Sq3R steps

Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)

Text complexity

measure of how challenging a text is expected to be for a reader at a given level.

three measurements of text

quantitative (avg. sentence length and text complexity), qualitative(levels of meaning, clarity and knowledge demands), and reader and task(prior knowledge and interests.

Leveled reading systems - designed to measure text complexity using some or all of these measures and assign each text a level

1. Grade Level Equivalent

2. Grade Level Equivalent

3. Lexile Framework for Reading