Friday, December 10, 2010

The Reading Skills Pyramid

Build Vocabulary Skills - One Section in the Reading Skills Pyramid

The Reading Skills Pyramid illustrates that there are many steps to becoming a proficient reader. Generally, the skills can be split into two halves: one half is word decoding which is made up of phonemic awarenessphonics. The other half is made up of a set of skills that falls into three categories: comprehensionvocabulary, and fluency.

Reading Comprehension
All parents want their children to become effective readers. 

But, when these parents attempt to educate themselves about reading, they tend to find two types of literature, neither of which are of much use to them. 

There are the "rah rah" articles which lecture parents to fill their house full of books and to take 20 minutes/day to read with their children. While this is good advice, it is not a panacea nor does it provide any insight into the process. On the other hand, there are academic papers full of jargon and complex debates about the process of learning to read. The "rah rah" articles over-simplify; the academics over-complicate.
 
What has been lacking has been information for parents which simply summarizes the current thinking on teaching reading and helps parent understand what the expectations are at each level of education.

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