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Building background knowledge

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Building background knowledge

Early Readers > Oral Language & Reading Comprehension

NAMEDESCRIPTIONSOURCE
Background Knowledge Parents; ExplanationAIM Institute for Learning & Research
Common Word PartsActivitiesRegional Education Laboratory Southeast
Print KnowledgeEducators; ActivitiesPhonological Awareness Literacy Screening
Read Aloud Routine for Building Vocabulary and Comprehension SkillsEducators; ActivitiesThe Meadows Center
Turn and Talk: An Evidence-Based PracticeEducators; ActivitiesThe Meadows Center
Second-Grade Comprehension-based InterventionEducators; ActivitiesTexas Center for Learning Disabilities
Reading Strategies and Activities for Students at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Including DyslexiaEducators; ActivitiesTexas Center for Learning Disabilities

 

What are you looking for?

Early Childhood

  • Talk

    • Talking with baby
    • Learning words
    • Learning to put words together
    • Serious word play - Rhyming, Jokes, and Singing
  • Read

    • Shared book reading
    • Thinking and learning about the world

Early Readers

  • Letters and Word Parts

    • Sounds inside words
    • Connecting letters to sounds (Phonics/Alphabetic Principle)
    • Letters and common syllables
    • Common sight words and Word Reading Fluency
    • Beginnings and endings of longer words
    • Sentences and little stories
  • Oral Language & Reading Comprehension

    • Building vocabulary knowledge
    • How words work in complex sentences
    • Building background knowledge
    • Understanding text
  • Writing

    • Printing & keyboarding
    • Spelling
    • Written composition

Developing Readers

  • Learning to Read Words & Longer Texts

    • Sounds within words (Phonological awareness)
    • Sight words
    • Spelling patterns that change pronunciation
    • Decoding complex words
    • Prefixes, suffixes, and morphology
    • Word reading speed and efficiency
  • Oral Language & Reading Comprehension

    • Deepening and extending vocabulary knowledge
    • Building background knowledge
    • Different kinds of texts
    • Deepening comprehension
  • Writing

    • Printing, Cursive & Keyboarding
    • Spelling & Morphology
    • Written composition

More Advanced Readers

  • Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension

    • Deepening vocabulary
    • Deepening comprehension
    • Critical analysis
  • Writing

    • Spelling & Morphology
    • Summarizing the text
    • Written composition

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