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The 5 Elements of Reading Instruction

In 1997, The National Reading Panel (NRP) was asked by Congress to assess the status of research-based knowledge about reading, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read. Find out more about this process at http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org

The websites below help to explain the 5 Elements of Reading identified by the National Reading Panel as effective approaches that can be used to teach children to read. No Child Left Behind supports the development of these five areas of reading as foundational to reading development.

These 5 Elements of Reading instruction are foundational, but there are many other instructional approaches and forms of assessment that can inform instruction and promote reading achievement.

The International Reading Association’s commentary on Scientifically Based Reading Instruction:

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/positions_evidence_based.html

The Fabulous Five Reading Components

1. Phonemic Awareness

Learn More About Phonemic Awareness

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/phonemic.htm

http://reading.uoregon.edu/pa/index.php

http://www.sedl.org/pubs/sedl-letter/v14n03/3.html

Phonemic Awareness Activities

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/awareness.html

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/cld_hownow.html

http://members.tripod.com/~esl4kids/phonics.html

Book Resources for Phonemic Awareness Development

http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/readingk2/session3/resources.html

2. Phonics

Learn More About Phonics

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/positions_phonics.html

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/phonics0.html

http://www.projectpro.com/ICR/Research/Phonics/Summary.htm

http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=10

3. Fluency

Learn More About Fluency

http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/fluency.html

http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1fluency.html

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/fluency.htm

http://www.reading.org/publications/journals/rt/v58/i2/abstracts/RT-58-2-Griffith.html

Research Resources

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/fluenres.htm

4. Vocabulary

Vocabulary Instruction in General

http://www.vtaide.com/png/ERIC/Vocab-Comprehension.htm

http://www.manateemiddle.org/phonics/newpage25.htm

http://www.ncsd.k12.pa.us/pssa/Reading/rihand15.htm

Vocabulary in the Primary Grades

http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/ellis_clarifying.html

http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/comp48/vocab.htm

http://literacy.edreform.net/resource/2900

http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1vocab.html

Vocabulary at the Secondary Level

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=curtis/index.html

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/curtis/index.html

http://knowledgeloom.org/practice_basedoc.jsp?t=1&bpid=1207&aspect=1&location=2&parentid=1197&bpinterid=1197&spotlightid=1174&testflag=yes

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/wordmap.html

5. Comprehension

Comprehension in General

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/comprehn.htm

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_comprehension.html

Comprehension in the Primary Grades

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/reading_comprehension

http://www.readingrockets.org/

http://www.projectcriss.com

http://www.ciera.org/library/presos/2004/csi/sparis.pdf

Comprehension at the Secondary Level

http://www.ciera.org/library/presos/2004/csi/dalv.pdf

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_adolescent_reading.html

Additional Resources

Research and Resources

http://www.ncrel.org/rf/sbrr/compres.htm

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_comprehension_reading.html

Graphic Organizers

http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1vocab.html

http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer

Motivation

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Research/readmotivabstracts.html

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/guthrie

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/clic/nrrc/gambrell.html

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/motivation/motivate.html

http://www.middleweb.com/StdntMotv.html

English Language Learners

http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=409

http://iteslj.org/Articles/Stott-Schema.html

http://www.reading.org/publications/journals/rrq/v39/i2/abstracts/RRQ-39-2-Carlo.html

http://www.wested.org/policy/pubs/fostering