Beginning Reading Skills

Beginning Reading Skills

Beginning reading skills encompass the fundamental abilities

that children need to develop in order to become proficient
readers.
Essential Beginning
Reading Skills
 Phonemic Vocabulary
Phonics
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Awareness Development

Comprehension
Sight Words Fluency
Strategies

Reading Motivation and

Text Awareness
Comprehension Engagement
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Reading Skills`

Phonemic awareness is the ability

to recognize and manipulate
individual sounds (phonemes) in
Phonemic spoken language. 1

Awareness
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Reading Skills

Phonics instruction teaches children

the relationship between letters and
the sounds they represent.
Phonics 2 3
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Reading Skills

Building a strong vocabulary is

essential for comprehension.
Vocabulary 2 3

Development Teachers should expose students to

a wide range of words through
reading and discussion.
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Reading Skills

Even at the beginning reading

stage, it's important to introduce
basic comprehension strategies.
Comprehension 2 3

Strategies Students should learn to understand the

meaning of what they read, even if it's
simple sentences or stories.
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Reading Skills

Sight words are high-frequency

words that don't necessarily follow
phonetic rules.
Sight Words 2 3

Teaching students to recognize these

words by sight helps improve their
reading fluency.
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Reading Skills

Fluency involves reading smoothly

and with expression. Repeated
Fluency 2 3
reading and practice are key to
developing fluency.
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Reading Skills

Teaching students about the

different parts of a book (title,
Text Awareness 2 3
author, illustrations, etc.) and how
to follow text from left to right is
crucial.
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Reading Skills

Although at the beginning stage,

comprehension may be basic, it's
important to introduce simple
Reading 2 3
questions and discussions to check
Comprehension if students understand what they
read.
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Reading Skills

Fostering a love for reading is

essential. Teachers should create a
Motivation and 2
positive and engaging
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reading
Engagement environment to encourage students
to read regularly.