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Phonics
approach – most soundly supported by research for effective
instruction
in beginning reading
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Must be explicitly taught
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Must be systematically organized
and sequenced
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Must include learning how to
blend sounds together
Multi-Sensory
Approach – effective for special needs
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Uses all possible senses – tracing,
saying, listening, looking
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Typically called VAKT
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Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic,
Tactile
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Can be used with either Phonics
or Whole Language
Linguistic
Method – supported only by "qualitative research"
instead of quantitative research
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Teaches "whole words" in word
families
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Students are not explicitly
taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most
sounds
Language
Experience – called "Whole Language"
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Expects child to learn reading
as "naturally" as speech
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Uses child’s oral language
as content for reading
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Uses child’s oral language as
basis for spelling instruction
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Children learn to "read" by
reading and re-reading "big books" together with the teacher and then the
teacher gradually withdraws prompts so child appears to be reading that
book
Reading
Comprehension Support –
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Explicitly teaches strategies
and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning
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