Science of Reading

What is the ultimate goal of reading instruction?

• To increase reading speed

• To comprehend and make meaning from text

• To sound out every word in text

What is the difference between phonics and phonemic awareness?

• Phonics is a subcategory of phonemic awareness

• Phonics focuses on letter-sound relationships, phonemic awareness on identifying individual sounds in words.

• Both terms mean the same thing

What is phonemic awareness awareness?

• Recognizing individual sounds in words

• Understanding words by sight.

• Understanding language structure

What is fluency?

• The ability to understand complex text.

• The ability to understand any word

• The ability to rear with speed, accuracy, and expression

What is the difference between decoding and comprehension

• Comprehension is more important than decoding

• Decoding is the ability to read words, comprehension is the ability to understand what is read

• They are the same thing