3. Reading is one of the foundations of
success
Reading is a fundamental skill that we all
use everyday of our lives.
Unfortunately, READING can be a skill that
many children struggle to master
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5. TEACHING READING STRATEGIES
See and Say
- A child says the word on the flash card
and says the word while underlining it with her
finger
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6. TEACHING READING STRATEGIES
Spell Reading
- A child says the word and spells out
the letters, then reads the word again
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7. TEACHING READING STRATEGIES
Arm Tapping
- A child says the word and then spells
out the letters while tapping them on her arm
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8. TEACHING READING STRATEGIES
Air Writing - A child says the word
and then writes the letters in the air in front
of the flash card
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9. TEACHING READING STRATEGIES
Table Writing - A child writes the
letters on a table, first looking at and then
not looking at the flash card
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10. CVC PATTERNS
A CVC word is a word that is made up of a
consonant, short vowel, and consonant
sound
Like sight words, CVC words can be
exercised using flash cards, word-building
activities, games, orthographic practice, and
in text reading exercises
12. DOLCH BASIC SIGHT WORDS
- These are high frequency English
vocabulary commonly used to teach children
to read. Learning to recognize them
automatically can facilitate fluency in
reading
- DOLCH words, also known as sight words,
accounts 50%-75% of all vocabulary found
in grade school reading material
