Welcome to another blog series brought to you by Cuenye Consultants. We thank you for taking this journey right along with us as we learn more about what the science of reading is. The information presented here is to further teacher content knowledge on the reading brain in order to strengthen their teacher practice in addition to informing parents about what is needed to ensure reading success for their little ones.
The science of reading is a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically-based research about reading and issues related to reading and writing. (The Reading League)
The science of reading, with the extensive amount of research and evidence, informs us how to become proficient in reading and writing, explains why some have difficulty and how to effectively assess and use the results from this assessment to target student's needs. The hope is to improve student outcomes through prevention of and intervention for reading difficulties. Let's take a look at the reading brain:
The brain is divided into two hemispheres (the right and the left). The left hemisphere is the part of the brain that is responsible for learning how to read. Each hemisphere is broken up into four lobes:
The Frontal Lobe, aka Phonological Processor helps you understand and produce oral language
The Parietal Lobe links sounds with symbols (phonics)
The Occipital Lobe, aka Orthographic Processor, links words to their visual forms
The Temporal Lobe, aka Context and Meaning Processors, helps you figure out a words meaning
While each part of the brain has its own job, they do not work alone. This visual helps me understand how the parts of the brain work together to decode and understand texts.
Take some time to go back and re-read the four parts of the left hemisphere of the brain. The next blog will provide more information on the four processors and how they work together to make reading successful.
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