The Science

of Reading
Elizabeth Graciano
EDEL 502H-71
Teacher Leader Project
Spring 2021

Objective

Staff will be introduced to the Science

of Reading and walk away with
resources to immediately implement it
in their classrooms.
Let’s Reflect...
How do you teach the
sight word come?
- Take a minute to write down how you
teach this word.
- Hang on to this. We will come back to
it ;)

Wonders High
Frequency Word in...
-Kindergarten during Unit 10 Week 2
-1st grade during Unit 1 Week 3
-2nd grade during Unit 3 Week 5

What is The Science

of Reading?
It is NOT a program
or curriculum. 1
Scientifically based
research on how we
learn to read from 2
various fields.

Despite being red,

it’s a cold place 3
Why is it important?
- Reading is not a natural
process.
- 50% to 65% of students
need a structured literacy
approach to learn to read.
- According to The Nation's
Report Card Reading
Assessment Results from
2019 only 35% of
fourth-graders were
considered proficient in
reading.

Orthographic
Mapping
-understanding of the
letters that represent
-mental process sounds in words -NOT an activity
used to store and
or memorizing
remember words

- obtained by
- words can be
developing skills in
mapped into long
phonological
term memory after
awareness and
1-4 repetitions
phonics instruction
 High Frequency
Word: come
https://vimeo.com/368147070

Let’s Practice!

Any word can be a sight word!

Read your Teacher Directions →

Let’s practice dissecting a few

words from your Wonders HFW
list.
How does this approach compare
to your current method of
teaching HFW?
 Explicit Instruction
graphemes syllables
we don’t spell with
wis/con/sin
letters!

phonemes non-sense words

44 phonemes cac tus → cactus
nic eth → ethnic

Awesome Resources

IMSE Really Great Reading

Free and Editable Heart Word Magic student
Open/Closed Syllable & activities & Science of
Blending Board templates Reading Virtual Workshops
 Classroom
Examples

Open/Closed Syllables Freebie

hi
 hi d

Blending Board Freebie

sh
sh ar

sh ar p
sh ar p

eight
eigh t
Thanks!
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