Teachers need to be equipped with an abundance of different effective explicit and systematic strategies to develop their student’s success in reading skills. Creating opportunities to achieve this goal, lies within understanding and supporting the needs of all students both in and outside the classroom.
The ability to read and write is two of the most fundamental aspects in a child’s development while at school (Morcom, 2005). The development of a child’s reading will directly affect their ability to write, it is therefore the opinion that reading is one of the most important skills for a child to learn and develop in the early stages of their life (Morcom, 2005). Studies have shown there are five defined reading instruction skills children must develop, namely; vocabulary, phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension and fluency (Barclay, 2009). These skills taught in a diverse, exciting, and motivating manner accompanied with effective explicit and systematic approaches are essential in students achieving success in reading …show more content…
Strategies for developing phonological awareness need to have activities which involve detecting, blending, segmenting and manipulating individual sounds in words (Yopp, H K., 2009). Activities such as; manipulation of poetry, rhyming activities, clapping syllables, and adding words to a nominated phonemes are all explicit strategies to develop phonological awareness. Activities which engage children to add their own words to passages of a rhyming book which has been repeatedly read gives the teacher an opportunity to give immediate feedback to ensure children are understanding not just any rhyming word is applicable but one which is realistic with the text. Allowing the students to engage in fun, student focused activities in phonological skills, increase both motivation to learn and students’ centred
The ability to read and write is two of the most fundamental aspects in a child’s development while at school (Morcom, 2005). The development of a child’s reading will directly affect their ability to write, it is therefore the opinion that reading is one of the most important skills for a child to learn and develop in the early stages of their life (Morcom, 2005). Studies have shown there are five defined reading instruction skills children must develop, namely; vocabulary, phonological awareness, phonics, comprehension and fluency (Barclay, 2009). These skills taught in a diverse, exciting, and motivating manner accompanied with effective explicit and systematic approaches are essential in students achieving success in reading …show more content…
Strategies for developing phonological awareness need to have activities which involve detecting, blending, segmenting and manipulating individual sounds in words (Yopp, H K., 2009). Activities such as; manipulation of poetry, rhyming activities, clapping syllables, and adding words to a nominated phonemes are all explicit strategies to develop phonological awareness. Activities which engage children to add their own words to passages of a rhyming book which has been repeatedly read gives the teacher an opportunity to give immediate feedback to ensure children are understanding not just any rhyming word is applicable but one which is realistic with the text. Allowing the students to engage in fun, student focused activities in phonological skills, increase both motivation to learn and students’ centred