How Reading A-Z Supports the Science of Reading{dark-blue}
Select each section of The Reading Rope to learn how the resources in Reading A-Z align and help teachers foster Word Recognition and Language Comprehension for all K-5 students.{black}
The Reading Rope
1. Decoding{orange}
2. Phonological Awareness{gold}
3. Sight Recognition{red}
Language Comprehension{dark-blue}
4. Vocabulary{dark-blue}
5. Background Knowledge{navy}
6. Language Structures{black}
7. Literacy Knowledge{black}
8. Verbal Reasoning{green}
Modified from Scarborough, H. S. (2001). Connecting early language and literacy to later reading (dis)abilities: Evidence, theory, and practice. In S. Neuman & D. Dickinson (Eds.), Handbook for research in early literacy. New York, NY: Guilford Press
Word Recognition{orange}
Decoding{orange}
Decoding is the ability to apply one’s knowledge of letter-sound relationships, including knowledge of letter patterns, to correctly pronounce written words.
- Phonics Lessons
- Systematic, sequential, explicit, multi-sensory curriculum
- 32 weeks per grade (K-2)
- Direct instruction with decoding words in isolation prior to reading words in the decodable
- Encoding in addition to decoding - Decodable Books
- Decodable Passage Packs
- Sound/Symbol Books
- Alphabet Books
- Alphabet Chants
- Phonics Learning Centers
- Phonics Assessments
Phonological Awareness{gold}
Phonological Awareness is the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language.
- Phonological Awareness Curriculum
- 32 weeks of systematic sequential lessons (K-1)
- Built-in complexity horizontally within a grade and vertically across grades - Phonological Awareness Centers
- Phonological Awareness Assessments
Sight Recognition{red}
Sight Recognition is knowing a word by sight without having to decode it. Sight recognition includes knowing a word’s meaning in context.
Language Comprehension{dark-blue}
Vocabulary{dark-blue}
Working on Vocabulary includes learning the meanings of words, understanding the connection between words, and using words to express understanding.
Background Knowledge{navy}
Background Knowledge refers to facts, concepts, and experiences specific to situations and information presented in text or during a discussion.
Language Structures{black}
Language Structures refers to syntax and semantics. Syntax speaks to a language system that has everything to do with how word order is used to convey meaning. Semantics is about the way words are used to convey meaning.
Literacy Knowledge{black}
Literacy Knowledge refers to the understanding of how conventions, patterns, and organization are all used to convey meaning in print, including the idea that different genres serve different purposes in terms of conveying ideas.
Verbal Reasoning{green}
Verbal Reasoning involves students thinking deeply about texts while also thinking outside of the text to draw inferences and integrate information. It also requires background knowledge and understanding of language structures.