A Couple More….
“does not mean that all skills and standards receive equal emphasis at a given point in time. Rather it implies that the overall emphasis accorded to a skill or standard is determined by its priority or importance relative to a students’ language & literacy needs”
- 1999 Reading/LA Framework for California
Decoding & Fluency is the Critical Focus for Most Struggling Readers - NOT to the Exclusion of Meaning-based Texts - need both - must get over
our “either/or” thinking… yet be absolutely clear on the priorities!
“Reading for meaning is hard to do when you can’t read”