Essential Components of Reading
Balanced Literacy components
Instructional Approach
Elements taught in Structured Literacy
100

This Component of reading refers to the student’s ability to focus on and manipulate these phonemes in spoken syllables and words

What is Phonemic Awareness

100

Teacher Modeled Reading

Wht is Read-alouds.

100

Is explicit, systematic teaching that focuses on phonological awareness, word recognition, phonics and decoding, spelling, and syntax at the sentence and paragraph levels.

What is Structured Literacy 

100

 the organization of material follows the logical order of the language.

What is Systematic

200

Is the relationship between the letters (or letter combinations) in written language and the individual sounds in spoken language.

What is Phonics.

200

 Daily Independent Reading

What is Independent Reading Workshop.

200

“philosophical orientation that assumes that reading and writing achievement are developed through instruction and support in multiple environments using various approaches that differ by level of teacher support and child control

Balanced Literacy

200

 instruction requires the deliberate teaching of all concepts with continuous student-teacher interaction

What is Explicit Instruction. 

300

Is the ability to read as well as we speak and to make sense of the text without having to stop and decode each word.

What is Fluency? 

300

Guided Instruction in Developmentally Appropriate Books

What is Guided Reading Workshop:

300

Is focused on the ‘meaning’ of the text while students are exposed to ‘authentic’ reading and writing of high-quality literature.

What is Whole language instruction 

300

The teacher must be adept at individualized instruction. Instruction is based on careful and continuous assessment, both informally (for example, observation) and formally (for example, with standardized measures

Diagnostic Teaching.

400

Is closely connected to comprehension. The larger the reader’s ______ (either oral or print), the easier it is to make sense of the text.

What is Vocabulary.

400

Teacher Modeled Writing

What is Write Alouds.

500

Is the complex cognitive process readers use to understand what they have read.

What is Comprehension?

500

 Daily Independent Writing

What is Independent Writing Workshop.