Research has shown that there are six key components that contribute to successful beginning reading. Because of the importance of these components, they have become known as 'The Big Six': oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
The 6Ps (pace, passion, pause, pitch, punctuation and power) are used to support the teaching of reading fluency and referenced during teacher feedback and peer discussions.
For beginning readers, all the components of the Big 6—oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension—need to be integrated throughout reading opportunities across the day, even though teachers may highlight these individual components at different times.
The 'Big Six' components of reading are discussed in further detail in the following literacy papers: 1.1 Oral language • 1.2 Phonological awareness • 1.3 Phonics • 1.4 Vocabulary • 1.5 Fluency • 1.6 Comprehension.
This involves the way the reader constantly blends phrasing, pausing, stress, intonation, and rate together to be an overall fluent reader that pays attention to meaning and fluency.
This first paper focuses upon the recent research that underpins 'the Big Six' components that support learning to read identified by Deslea Konza. Learning to read is the most important educational outcome of primary education.
Big6 (Eisenberg and Berkowitz 1990) is a six-step process that provides support in the activities required to solve information-based problems: task definition, information seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation (see figure 1).
The six pillars are: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. CHARACTER COUNTS! recommends always using these pillars in this specific order to all the use of the acronym of T.R.R.F.C.C. to help remember each pillar. Be honest.
Making Connections, Predicting, Questioning, Monitoring, Visualising and Summarising . . . better known as the 'Super Six'!
Reading skill: Fluency
Sample IEP Goal: By the end of the school year, the student will read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression at 90 words per minute with 90% accuracy, as measured by teacher records on three consecutive occasions.
The reading domains of KS2 include author choice, vocabulary, compare, contrast and comment, retrieval, inference, summary and prediction. 'Any test, examination, research study or assessment has a content domain. This is the information or criteria that is being examined or tested.
The National Reading Panel identified five key concepts at the core of every effective reading instruction program: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.
Listening, viewing, speaking, representing, writing, and reading are complex cognitive and social processes that work together as a whole in literacy learning. In reading, viewing, and listening, students construct meaning from texts created by others.
Because of the importance of these components, they have become known as the 'Big Six': oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. In the early years of schooling, literacy lessons will incorporate the Big Six.
The seven skills are: • Collaboration • Communication • Creativity • Critical Thinking • Character • Citizenship • Computational Thinking If we believe our work as teachers is mainly to prepare students for successful futures, then we should give opportunities for students to strengthen these skills.
The World Economic Forum noted that there are six types of foundational literacy, consisting of literacy in words and letters, numeracy, scientific, information and communication technology or digital literacy, financial, and cultural literacy and citizenship.
The 5 specific reading sub-skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension should be taught explicitly and systematically so all children become capable readers. Explicit teaching of these important skills is not yet consistently happening in Australian schools.
The Big Six (previously the Big Five, Big Two, and Big Four) is an informal term used to describe a group of six clubs in the Premier League—Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur—often recognised for their sustained success and financial strength in the competition.
Reading is a cognitive process that involves conscious mental activities like thinking, understanding, and learning. It can be bottom-up, involving remembering sound combinations to form words, or top-down, where the reader predicts and hypothesizes based on past experiences.