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 Child stacking blocks.  Phonics, Context, Comprehension, Awareness, Recognition
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5 Building Blocks of Reading  
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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

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phonics

sound+Sound=Word

I blend sounds together to make a words.  â€‹

context

vocabulary & concepts

I make connections between the world around me and my life experiences.

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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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