Use the Simple View of Reading to teach reading in your classroom
How can you use the Simple View of Reading to improve how you teach reading? The Simple View formula is (which was introduced by by Gough and Tunmer in 1986) Decoding (D) x Language Comprehension (LC) = Reading Comprehension (RC) If you would like more background information this article is from Reading Rockets. Questions to ask yourself: Do my students have the decoding skills they need to read the text we are reading in class? If I read the text out loud, could my students understand the text and answer the questions I'm asking? The problem is: students DO NOT have the decoding skills to access grade level text. You can read the text out loud. Ideally have the student point along while reading. I know that choral reading is generally discouraged, but it can sometimes be used well in this situation. You can have students read out loud one sentence at a time. Ensure that all students are touching the word and say freeze at various...