How We Align with The Reading Brain

The brain learns to read by building connections among language, cognition, knowledge, emotion, and print. Effective literacy instruction develops and strengthens all these systems over time.

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How the above article aligns with the Comprehensive Literacy Model:

• Supports the Active View of Reading: Reading is a network of language, cognition, knowledge, motivation, and executive functioning, not just decoding (although this is important).

• Validates a Language Phase: Background knowledge, vocabulary, oral language, and syntax are foundational components of the reading circuit.

• Supports Multicomponent Intervention: The article specifically argues against phonics-only intervention and supports instruction that addresses multiple components simultaneously.

• Highlights the Importance of Affect: Student engagement, identity, motivation, and emotional connection to text should be considered part of literacy instruction.

• Supports Individualized Intervention: Different reading profiles require different instructional responses.