The Simple View of Reading

Happy Weekend!  

I have been waiting since last Friday to write this post for you!  During my IC PLC last week, we dug into the Comprehensive Plan for Reading Achievement and had a GREAT discussion about The Simple View of Reading. 

*It can ONLY be proven as true! 

Grab a comfy seat and a cup of coffee or tea and watch this video!!!!

Reading is made up of 2 Components: 

• Decoding 
• Language Comprehension (Background Knowledge) 

How can we use these components help our struggling readers?

When a student is struggling with reading we NEED to determine if it is a decoding problem or if it is a language Comprehension problem!  HELLO!!!!  

This is the key that we need to help move our students into the world of reading success! 

*Decoding is easier to correct with explicit phonics instruction and practice with the skills in decodable readers.  (Must be taught until it is VERY strong!) 

*Language Comprehension is not finite...we are always learning and adding to our language comprehension. 

I LOVE the idea of using a picture to help support students with reason and syntax. 

In small group, students can practice looking at a picture and describing what they see!  

Language Comprehension is broken up into to areas:

• Vocabulary Knowledge-Easy to Correct 
• Reasoning Syntax-More Difficult to Correct

Take a look at Scarborough's Reading Rope!  You can see how the strands work together.  

I love the connection between The Simple View of Reading and the ROPE!  

I am going to end with one more video and a great BLOGPOST on how children learn to read!