The Acquisition of Reading Components begins with the sounds and words of our spoken language. Alphabetics and Meaning Skills are only categories of components; they do not operate independently of each other.

• Alphabetics (Print Skills):
  • Phonemics
  • Word Recognition
    • Sight Words
    • Word Analysis
      • Phonics
      • Structural Analysis
  • Spelling
  • Rate & Fluency
  
  
• Meaning Skills:
  • Word Meaning (Vocabulary)
  • Background Knowledge
  • Text Comprehension