The Essential Reading Skills Category contains all the different components of learning to read. Sometimes you need to focus on one specific area to improve overall reading abilities. The essential skills are: Phonemic Awareness; Alphabet Knowledge; Decoding Skills (Phonics); Sight Word Knowledge; Comprehension; Vocabulary; and Fluency. You will find posts in each of these subcategories.
Congratulations! Learning how to read is arguably one of the best gifts you can give to another person that will contribute to his experiencing a fulfilling and productive life .The very fact that you are on this website means that you are considering helping someone learn how to read. Teaching someone how to read can…
There are seven essential reading skills for learning how to read which are necessary to becoming a fluent reader. These skills are: Phonemic Awareness; Alphabet Knowledge; Phonics/Decoding; Sight Words; Comprehension; Fluency; and Vocabulary. A deficit in any one of these areas will affect an individual’s reading skills. Each area can be taught individually or in…
Learn How to Read Using Dr Fry’s Sight Word List You can learn how to read using Dr Fry’s sight word list because sight words are in everything you read. Sight words are the most common words used repeatedly in every type of reading material. Many of the sight words do not follow the phonics…
Learning how to read is a skill that contributes immensely to a person’s quality of life.Teaching someone to read is arguably one of the best gifts you can give to another person. This skill will contribute to his experiencing a fulfilling and productive life. Teaching someone how to read can have challenges but it is…
Vocabulary skills are important for adding to and increasing the comprehension of what you are reading.
Reading Fluency Strategies Reading fluency strategies can be taught and readers can improve their fluency rate. First of all, what is fluency? Fluency is a combination of the speed and accuracy in which a person can read the words in a reading passage. When the words become more difficult and begin to challenge the reader’s…
Reading Comprehension Skills Reading Comprehension skills are strategies used for helping to increase a readers’ comprehension level. Decoding skills, vocabulary skills, and fluency skills all affect reading comprehension skills. There are also many additional strategies you can use to help a reader build stronger comprehension abilities. Several helpful activities are listed below. Reading comprehension means…
Phonics What are Phonics Rules? Phonics rules are the collection of rules we use in the English language to read and spell words. This skill is usually taught incrementally along with reading skills. A couple of well know examples of these rules are: when 2 vowels go a-walking, the first one does the talking (coat);…
Learning the Alphabet Learning the Alphabet Learning the alphabet can be extremely difficult for some learners. The learner needs to know the name and one or more sounds for each letter of the alphabet. The learner who has difficulty learning the alphabet may find it very difficult to hear the subtle differences between many of…
Phonemic awareness is the awareness of the smallest part of the word, the phoneme or sound. Phonemic awareness strategies help a child become a better reader.
