Teaching a student to

read by correlating sounds

with letters or groups in
alphabetical order.
In the Classroom: Its important to
make sure that students are aware
of the phonetic alphabet if they are
struggling and for the teacher to
help students who are struggling by
focusing on certain phonemes,
etcetera.
http://www.literactive.com/Downl
oad/live.asp?swf=story_files/Alpha
bet_Order_US.swf
This website is an interactive game
that has students put the alphabet
back in order after it has been
scrambled up before time runs out.

EDU 276 Literacy and Technology
October 3, 2014
Literacy Brochure

Lucy Spena
Comprehension
Phonics
Five
Components
of Literacy
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The level at which the
student understands
the text.
In the Classroom: Teachers
should be accountable for the
level of comprehension each of
their students is reaching.
Teachers should regularly
evaluate the rate of
comprehension for assigned texts
and reading in the classroom.
http://www.literactive.com/Dow
nload/stories.asp?cat=1
This website provides fun games
for students who may be
struggling with their reading
comprehension skills. The games
utilize fun strategies like rhyming
or read aloud activities.



The body of words used in a specific
language.
In the Classroom: Teachers should
emphasize content specific or important
vocabulary by reviewing it frequently
with their students. Effectively using a
word wall or another strategy to display
the prevalent vocabulary being used in
the classroom.
http://pbskids.org/games/vocabulary/
This website offers more games from
PBS Kids that focus on vocabulary
recollection and acquisition. This can be
fun for many students who are already
familiar with the characters and shows
that are in these games.
Vocabulary
Phonemic
Awareness
When listeners are able to hear,
identify, and manipulate
phonemes, the smallest units of
sound that can differentiate
meaning.
In the Classroom: Teachers
should identify students who are
struggling with phonemic
awareness and work with them
separately or in small groups to
practice breaking words into
separate phonemes.
http://pbskids.org/island/previe
w/games-
phonemicawareness.html
This website offers games based
off of popular PBS childrens
shows which is great because
some children might already be
familiar with them. The activities
all focus on phonemic awareness.
Fluency
The ability to speak a language with ease
and clarity.
In the Classroom: Teachers should
regularly assess students on their
fluency skills by having them read aloud
in small groups or one on one.
http://pbskids.org/games/reading/
This website offers a variety of games
that focus on different components of
fluency and uses an array of activities
and strategies to help strengthen and
improve a students fluency skills.