Eliminate Your Fears And Doubts About Structured Literacy
You’ve heard about Structured Literacy, but what is it? Is it some fancy and confusing program that frustrates your child?
As we dive into the Science of Reading, we encounter the term ‘Structured Literacy’. What exactly is Structured Literacy and how does it help your child’s reading development?
So, let’s eliminate your fears and doubts about Structured Literacy.
Structured literacy can be described as a reading instruction technique based on research into how a child's brain acquires and processes information as well as reading science. While structured literacy is particularly beneficial for students who have difficulties with reading, evidence shows that it can benefit all reading pupils.
There is a popular misconception that looking at a word and guessing the word until you get it correct is reading. Another common error is the belief that solely showing a child a picture to have them guess every single word is reading. Have you done any of these?
The Structured Literacy approach actually promotes the opposite of this!
With the Structured Literacy approach, we avoid simply assuming that a child will recognize the words in order to read effectively or just guess the words. Structured Literacy promotes children learning to read based on the various aspects of phonics and syllables. This approach starts by teaching the easiest concepts first and then based on the child’s understanding and progress, gradually advancing to the more challenging concepts. Think about your child’s reading journey. Wouldn't it be an easier and more engaging journey if they are actually taught the basic reading concepts first and allowed to grasp those skills well before moving on as opposed to becoming frustrated from simply looking at a word and guessing it wrong?
Teachers provide new concepts and abilities in a logical order when using structured literacy. They explain the basic concepts in a clear and concise manner that thoroughly clarifies ideas and skills. On a regular basis, teachers also check up on students' comprehension and application of the reading skills taught, then continue accordingly.
The Structured Literacy approach includes learning the various sounds and how they are used to create language and words. This approach also includes rhyming, counting words in a spoken sentence and clapping syllables in spoken words. Students work on improving their reading and spelling skills by learning why words are spelled the way they are. Furthermore, students must be able to combine sounds and letters to form words, as well as segment full words into separate sounds. Learning to read requires phonemic awareness, or the capacity to break words down into their individual sounds.
Vocabulary is introduced to your child as they progress because it is an important focus of literacy teaching.
Vocabulary refers to the knowledge of words which includes their:
Structure
Use
Definitions
Connection to other words.
A child's understanding of what they are reading is referred to as comprehension. This includes not only what is read, but also what is written. One of the primary goals of reading is to help students thoroughly understand what they are reading and writing, isn’t it?
Structured Literacy techniques teach all major components of literacy in a highly explicit and systematic manner. These components include both foundational and advanced literacy skills (e.g., decoding and spelling, reading comprehension and written expression).
At Caribbean Academy for Reading Intervention and Development, we offer an Individual Reading Assistance Program which is geared towards assisting struggling readers ages 5-10 with building skills in:
- sight words and high-frequency words
- sounds recognition
- reading comprehension
- letter and word recognition
- phonics and phonemic awareness
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