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 four processors of the reading brain:
The four part processor refers to the different areas in the left hemisphere of the brain. Even though each part of the brain has its own job, they do not work alone. The four-part processor helps to decode and understand words in text.
The Phonological Processor, is responsible for the ability to quickly and correctly hear, store, recall, and make different speech sounds (think of phonological and phonemic awareness)
The Orthographic Processor, links sounds one hears with symbols (letters) to read the word (phonics)
The Meaning Processor, helps one interpret word meaning and organize words based on their spelling patterns, word relationships and more
The Context Processor, supports the meaning processor by interpreting words based on how the word is used in the sentence, experience, and knowledge of the content.
Instruction should occur for students to address all processors. As each processor strengthens, all processors will work together and help build stellar readers! If you are unsure of the type of instruction to help your little one strengthen their word recognition skills, reach out to us at: info@cuenye.com
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