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Syntax: Somewhere Between Words And Text

Emphasis on sentence-level instruction is critical to bridge the word-to-text gap for reading and writing. The PaTTAN webinar focuses on the relationships between words, sentences, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Explicit instruction can capitalize on and foster these relationships through purposeful selection of words, texts, and instructional activities. By utilizing effective instructional practices at the sentence level,…

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Syntax: Somewhere between Words and Text

In this International Dyslexia Association Perspectives article, Nancy Chapel Eberhardt discusses instructional practices to teach grammar and syntax with a focus that will increase the reader’s understanding of complex texts. This article will give educators examples of how to use a Function-Based Instructional Approach in their classrooms, including sentence expansion, using because but so, and…

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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…

TapiVerbe

Une fois que les élèves ont maitrisé les correspondances graphèmes-phonèmes simples (1 lettre = 1 son) et complexes (1 lettre = + sons ; 1 son = + lettres) et qu’ils peuvent décoder (lire) et à encoder (épeler) les mots, vous pouvez passer à l’enseignement explicite des règles grammaticales simples. Les temps de verbes les plus courants à l’oral sont le présent et le passé composé, mais ils font partie des verbes les plus irréguliers à écrire. Les terminaisons proposées dans cette activité peuvent être utilisées pour travailler l’encodage (épeler, écrire) plusieurs temps de verbes, quoiqu’il est recommandé d’enseigner l’écriture des temps de verbes suivants : l’infinitif, l’imparfait et le futur simple.