National Reading Panel

Components of an Effective Reading Program

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Sound Card Drills • Drill Daily• Use letter name and letter

sound• Use a keyword for

troublesome letters• Clip the Sound (b - /b/

not /bu/)• Vowels a different color

than consonants

Feel Mouth Position

Draw a Picture

Tracking Speech Sounds

Tracking

Progress Monitor Tracking

“What Says ……” Drill

• Teacher says a sound or word• Student repeats the sound • Student names the letter while tracing the

letter on the desk or sky writing the letter

Phoneme/Grapheme Mapping

Phoneme/Grapheme Mapping

Sound Tapping

Sound Tapping Tap thumb to fingers for

each Sound Card, while saying the sound.

First sound –index Second – middle Next – ring finger

Blend the sounds and name the word while dragging your thumb across fingers.

m a p b r i d g e

s o ck

f l a m e s

Phonics Strategies

Sound Card Manipulation

Marking Syllables

Mark the Syllables• Scoop each syllable• Identify the syllable type

closed –copen – ovce – ecle – lr-controlled – rvowel pair - d

• Mark the vowels• Cross out silent letters• * above letters used for spelling

only• Circle any suffix

g a r l i c

t o w e r s

b a f f l e

c i r c u l a t e

m a r r y

Syllable Division

Tracking Multisyllabic Words

Jewel Box for Concept Review

Dictation of Sounds, Words, Sentences

Comprehension Strategies

History of Strategy Instruction

• 60’s – 70’s “Assign and Assess”• 80’s “SQ3R”• 1984 Theory of Cunningham

1. Before You Reading2. During Reading3. After Reading

• 2000 National Reading Panel

National Reading Panel on Comprehension

7 Strategies for Students ComprehensionSelf Monitor

Cooperative LeaningGraphic Organizers

QuestioningStory Structure

Answering QuestionsSummarizing

(Using Mental Imagery)

Comprehension Program

Visualizing and Verbalizing, For Language Comprehension and Thinking by Nanci Bell

Picture Word

Single Sentence ParagraphMultiple Paragraphs

Sentenced Comprehension

Visualizing

Structure Words • Picture WordsWhat WhereSize ShapeColor Number

• Advanced Structure WordsMood

MovementWhen

BackgroundSound Perspective

Multiple Paragraph Comprehension

Highlighting

… an active comprehension monitoring tool.

• Highlight only the words that make you picture something.

• Helps students stay focused… …… looking for words to highlight

• The act of highlighting moves facts into memory

• Easier to find answers

• Easier to take notes / study

Strategy Lessons and Resources

Best Practices for Teaching Comprehension Strategies

1. Teacher-Directed :-when to use strategy-why to use strategy-how to use strategy

2. Teacher Models instruction by verbalizing her thinking(think-alouds)

3. Guided Practice: teacher and student work together4. Independent Practice : student works along but teacher

monitors

Resources

Florida Center for Reading Research –FCRRestablished in 2002

Florida State University

Student Center Activities K-1 2-3 4-5

Activities for all of the five components of reading instruction.

www.fcrr.org

Vocabulary

National Reading Panel on Vocabulary

• Should be taught directly and indirectly• Methods should be appropriate for age & ability• Computer use was found to be more effective than

some traditional methods in some studies• Repetition and multiple exposures are important• Learned through rich context

Indirect Approach Direct Approach• Conversation• Read-Alouds• Personal Reading

Discussion after a read-aloud

Vocabulary Cards 5 x 8 index cards

Front-picture w/word Back – definition, synonym

Display in room, review often Morpheme Analysis

Vocabulary

Fluency

Oral Reading Fluency Interventions

• Echo Reading (Neurological Impress Method)

- joint oral reading of the teacher and students at a fluent pace

Repeated Readings

- the student reads and rereads a passage until they read at a satisfactory rate

Recorded Repeated Readings- teacher-made recordings- Published recordings

Sight Word Drills

Picture Cues for Sight Words

Graphing Progress

Program for Fluency

Take-Home Reading Pocket

Motivation

Motivation