Fluency

Fluency is the ability to perform

reading skills such as naming

COMPREHENSION

letters,reading words,and reading text

5 C O M P O NE N T S
O F L I TE R AC Y

quickly and smoothly.

You can make flash cards with

different words in a category such as
different colors or shapes, and have
your child read to you aloud what
word they see on the card! This will
help your child to read the words more
fluently. You can also have them name
the letters in each word to work on
repetition.

This fun online game will get your

students brain working on fluency by
picking sentences that match the
pictures! They are able to hear the
sentences as well which allows them to
be able to repeat them back. http://
www.education.com/games/silent-esentence-match/

Comprehension is the ability to

understand and take meaning from
both spoken and written language.

This easy to make game will help

your child understand words in no
time! Write a few words on a beach
ball and play catch with your child.
Have them say the word out loud
that their pointer finger lands on.
Have them tell you what that word
means. You can also have them write
it down to have them visualize the
word as well! You can write words
such as body parts, colors, or shapes
to begin!

This is an online game where your

child can begin to understand the
meanings of spoken words as well
http://www.literactive.com/download/
live.asp?swf=story_files/
weighing_scales_us.swf

K R I ST E N STA N E K
SUNY Fredonia
stan7798@fredonia.edu

There are many fun games and

activities that can be played when
helping to teach your children the
5 dierent components of literacy
which include comprehension,
fluency, vocabulary, phonemic
awareness, and phonics!

Vocabulary

Phonemic Awareness
PHONEMIC AWARENESS IS THE ABILITY TO

Vocabulary is words that are used in

CHANGE THE SOUND SYSTEM OF A LANGUAGE,

a specific language.

This fun online game helps improve

SUCH AS RHYMING, OR SYLLABLES.

RHYMING. THE STUDENT FINDS THE WORD OR

vocabulary. The child matches a

PICTURE THAT RHYMES WITH THE GIVEN

specific word with a picture. There

WORD OR PICTURE. http://

teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/reggie/

are ten words in each set. http://

index.htm

www.edict.com.hk/vlc/

picturebook/default.htm

You can also play a fun vocabulary

game with your child. Give the

THIS ONLINE GAME IS FUN AND FOCUSES ON

ANOTHER EASY GAME YOU CAN PLAY IS I SPY! TELL

YOUR CHILD THAT YOU SPY SOMETHING IN THE
ROOM THAT RHYMES WITH ANOTHER WORD. THIS
WILL MAKE THEM THINK AS WELL AS PRACTICE
SAYING THE WORDS ALOUD!
P H O N IC S

child a piece of blank paper and a

pencil, and you yourself have one of
each as well. Pick a category and
you both write down as many words
as you can think of from that
category. This will get the brain
thinking of many new words.

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Phonics is teaching sound-symbol relationships to help

students decode words.
http://free.kinderwebgames.com/ This game allows the
student to click on the letter that they hear spoken to focus
on sound/ letter relationships
Another thing you can do with your child is write down
upper and lower case letters and have them match the
letters that go together