APPROACHES TO TEACHING READING

Phonics approach most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading

Must be explicitly taught Must be systematically organized and sequenced Must include learning how to blend sounds together

Multi-Sensory Approach effective for special needs ses all possible senses tracing! saying! listening! loo"ing #ypically called $A%#

$isual! Auditory! %inesthetic! #actile

&an be used with either Phonics or 'hole (anguage

(inguistic Method supported only by )qualitative research) instead of quantitative research #eaches )whole words) in word families Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds (anguage *xperience called )'hole (anguage) *xpects child to learn reading as )naturally) as speech ses child+s oral language as content for reading

ses child+s oral language as basis for spelling instruction &hildren learn to )read) by reading and re-reading )big boo"s) together with the teacher and then the teacher gradually withdraws prompts so child appears to be reading that boo"

,eading &omprehension Support *xplicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning