When reading, it is important for children to be able to decode text quickly and accurately. This is known as fluency. Struggling readers often have difficulty decoding text quickly and accurately because they have difficulty with phonemic awareness and decoding skills.
One way to help struggling readers is to help them improve their decoding skills. One way to do this is to help them improve their phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify the sounds that make up words. When struggling readers are able to identify the sounds that makeup words, it makes it easier for them to decode text quickly and accurately.
Another way to help struggling readers is to help them improve their reading comprehension. Reading comprehension is the ability to understand what has been read. When struggling readers are able to understand what has been read, it makes it easier for them to decode text quickly and accurately.
Both of these ways of helping struggling readers are important. By improving their decoding skills and their reading comprehension, struggling readers will be able to decode text quickly and accurately and will be able to read more effectively.
