Word Automaticity
What is automaticity?
Automaticity is the fast, effortless word recognition that comes with a great deal of reading practice. In the early stages of learning to read, readers may be accurate but slow and inefficient at recognizing words. Continued reading practice helps word recognition become more automatic, rapid, and effortless.
Difference between automaticity and fluency?
Automaticity refers only to accurate, speedy word recognition, not to reading with expression. Therefore, automaticity (or automatic word recognition) is necessary, but not sufficient, for fluency.
Even when students recognize many words automatically, their oral reading still may be expressionless, not fluent. To read with expression, readers must be able to divide the text into meaningful chunks.
Example Word automaticity and fluency.
Brown/
bear brown/
bear what/
do/
you see.
A fluent reader will read the same line as:
Brown bear/
Brown bear/
What do you see?/
Do we teach automaticity through sight words?
The Science would suggest that using flashcards may not be the most effective way.
Secret stories creator, Katie Garner, suggests that knowing the code andthe things letters do when they are not doing their typical job is the answer
Orthographic Mapping - The process of mapping sight words
David Kilpatrick suggests that sight words/HFW be taught to students through orthographic mapping. UFLI creators also suggest the use of Orthographic mapping.
Orthographic Mapping:
Examples of teaching words through Orthographic Mapping
Step by Step:
Mapping Words
Review
Word automaticity is:
Literacy Framework
I will be doing an After School Special for each literary element on the framework.
The Framework can be found on the coaches website for now.
https://sites.google.com/prrd8.ca/prsd8coaches/home
Next After School Special:
Fluency and Expression
Thanks!
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