The Arc of Vocabulary: Oral Language Links to Comprehension for the Classroom Teacher

In this PaTTAN Literacy Symposium learning module, Judi Dodson explains oral language’s role in reading comprehension. She examines language development and its impact on reading comprehension and provides meaningful and practical activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom. A printout of the slides is included for future reference.

The Arc of Vocabulary: Oral Language Links to Comprehension for the Classroom Teacher

In this PaTTAN Literacy Symposium learning module, Judi Dodson explains oral language’s role in reading comprehension. She examines language development and its impact on reading comprehension and provides meaningful and practical activities that can be easily implemented in the classroom. A printout of the slides is included for future reference.

Distinguishing Between Difference, Disorder, and Disadvantage: Cultural Considerations for Diverse Readers

In this PaTTAN Literacy Symposium webinar, Dr. Lakeisha Johnson examines the differences between African-American English and mainstream American English and the relationship between oral language skills and African-American students. She discusses assessment and treatment practices that are culturally responsive. Dr. Johnson outlines the issues with confusing a linguistic difference with a linguistic disorder and provides…

Reading Comprehension Development and Difficulties: An Overview

In this International Dyslexia Association Perspectives article, Kate Cain explores the topic of reading comprehension and how language skills develop. The article explains how vocabulary acquisition, understanding of sentence structure and how sentences work together, the ability to infer and integrate information, and building a mental model of the text’s meaning while you are reading…

Supporting Reading Comprehension Development

In this International Dyslexia Association Perspectives article, authors Jane Oakhill and Kate Cain explore the factors supporting reading comprehension beyond basic decoding and suggest critical skills that should form the core of literacy instruction and interventions to support poor reading comprehension. The article outlines which skills are critical, such as teaching specific vocabulary words, how to…

Kate Winn Vocabulary & Comprehension Lesson 2: Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta

In this vocabulary and comprehension lesson, Ontario Teacher Kate Winn provides a step-by-step lesson designed to increase and enhance vocabulary and comprehension. Using the picture book Hana’s Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta, this lesson plan provides detailed, explicit instruction on using vocabulary from the book and includes the blackline master for a follow-up writing activity.

Mots fréquents – Fiches d’activités

Cette ressource est utile pour encoder les mots en mémoire à partir de multiples exercices (visuels, grapho-moteur, auditif) et se prête à une variété de contextes d’enseignement de la lecture et de l’écriture, qu’il s’agisse du groupe en entier, de la routine du matin, dans un bloc de littératie, dans les centres, en petits groupes ou de manière individuelle, ou encore comme enrichissement pour les élèves qui ont terminé leur travaille tôt et qui cherchent à s’exercer.

Exemple de plan de leçon pour littératie structurée

Ce document nous offre un exemple d’une leçon structurée. Un exercice de révision avec 6 sous-sections.Nouvelle notion à enseigner (code/ type de syllabe/ morphème) avec 4 sous-sections lire et épeler des mots et non-mots avec le nouveau son et sa graphie, incluant le code déjà enseigné/acquisLire et épeler des groupes du nom (tous les élèves) et des phrases (élèves avancés) avec le nouveau code et le code déjà acquisLecture de paragraphes, Livres décodables, vocabulaire, exercices de fluidité, compréhension