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5 Building Blocks of Reading

Recognition
symbols = Letters
I know my letters: names, uppercase, lowercase, and fonts.
Awareness
Visual & Auditory
I see letters: letter groups = words
I hear sounds: sound groups = words


phonics
sound+Sound=Word
I blend sounds together to make a words. ​
context
vocabulary & concepts
I make connections between the world around me and my life experiences.


Comprehension
parts of a whole
I connect the words that I read to their meaning.
I understand that words make sentences, and the sentences are part of a larger concept.
I can remember the story and sequence: beginning, middle, and end.

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