Five Critical Areas of Reading Instruction

Five Critical Areas of Reading Instruction
1) Phonemic Awareness- the ability to notice, think about and work with the individual sounds in spoken words.


2) Phonics- the relationship between letters and sounds.


3) Fluency- the ability to read text accurately and quickly.


4) Vocabulary- the words we need to effectively communicate.


5) Comprehension- understanding what is read.


Here is an article on the five components of reading: