5 Areas of Reading Instruction
What are the 5 areas of reading instruction?
phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension
On a running record, a check mark over a word means ___________.
A check mark means that the child read the word correctly.
A child reads a Level D text with 92% accuracy and excellent comprehension. Level D is ___________.
Independent
Instructional
Hard
Level D is instructional.
When children enter first grade, they should be reading _________.
Children entering first grade, should be reading Level D (instructional)
True or False... Phonemic awareness and phonics are the same?
FALSE... Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words. Phonics is the relationship between letters and sounds.
True or False...On a running record, a self-correction is counted as an error?
False. A self correction is not counted as an error. It is counted as a self correction.
A child reads a Level E text with 98% accuracy and excellent comprehension. Level E is ___________.
Independent
Instructional
Hard
Level E is independent.
In January, first graders should be reading _________.
In January, first graders should be reading level G text (instructional).
Instructing a child to engage in repeated readings of the same text is one way to build their_________.
Fluency. Having children engage in repeated oral reading as the teacher offers guidance is one way to build their fluency.
True or False...On a running record, if a child continues to substitute a proper noun, it only counts as one error.
True. Proper nouns only count as one error.
A child reads a Level C text with 98% accuracy and limited comprehension. Level C is ___________.
Independent
Instructional
Hard
Level C is Instructional.
By the end of first grade, children should be reading _________.
By the end of first grade, children should be reading level J text. (Instructional)
Explicitly teaching a child what a word means before reading a text, helps support their ____________.
Vocabulary. Readers must know what most words mean before they can understand what they are reading. Direct instruction of vocabulary relevant to a text leads to better reading comprehension.
On a running record, if a child inserts a word it is considered a/an__________.
Error. Inserting a word that is not in the text is an error.
A child reads a Level G text with 100% accuracy and limited comprehension. Level G is ___________.
Independent
Instructional
Hard
Level G is Instructional.
By the end of kindergarten, children should be reading _______________.
By the end of kindergatern children should be reading level D text ( Instructional).