17 August, 2017

Summer Training Series - Phonemic Awareness

RSI4EDU.com trained teachers in #beginningreaders during Summer PD sessions.  Do your teachers know #phonemicawareness and #phonics.


We all agree that comprehension is the essence of reading; the complex cognitive process involving the intentional interaction between the reader and text to extract meaning.  However, The greatest predictor of reading comprehension is fluency.  Fluency is the ability to read words with no noticeable cognitive or mental effort ~ fluent reading frees resources to process meaning.  To build reading fluency beginning readers must acquire and apply the alphabetic principle - which is contingent on the strategic integration of phonemic awareness skills & strategies.  To often in early education we fail to grasp the essential knowledge of why we teach phonemic awareness.  More importantly, we struggle to integrate the skills and strategies taught during phonemic awareness instruction when teaching the alphabetic principle.  Want to increase your teacher’s knowledge and instructional capacity in beginning reading?  Contact RSI4EDU.com to inquire how our experts can support your school initiatives.


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