Do you know the 5 components of literacy that all elementary teachers should be explicitly teaching every single day? These 5 literacy components are the building blocks that turn our students into lifelong, successful readers.
Teaching the Fab 5 of literacy regardless of what grade you teach is so important to your students’ success. In this episode, I am breaking down the 5 components you should be explicitly teaching every day, what research says about each component, and how each piece is interconnected with the others.
We are diving deeper into each of the 5 literacy components in upcoming episodes. Be sure to follow or subscribe to The Literacy Lounge on your favorite podcast listening app so you don’t miss any episodes!
Episode Highlights:
03:19 – What the 5 components of literacy are
03:55 – What phonemic awareness is and why it’s important
06:43 – The difference between phonemic awareness and phonics
08:51 – How fluency makes reading more enjoyable (and helps with comprehension!)
10:31 – The role vocabulary plays in understanding text
12:10 – Why comprehension is the end goal in literacy instruction
18:26 – Why it is necessary to teach all 5 literacy components
