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Literacy Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Literacy | The ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, compute, and communicate using visual, audible, and digital materials across disciplines and in any context. |
| Reading | The process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language. |
| Science of Reading | Informs educators about the critical components of reading and how to teach them to provide the most effective assessment and instruction for all of our students |
| Phonemic Awareness | One of 5 essential components of reading instruction. The highest level of phonological awareness and is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words. |
| Phonics | One of 5 essential components of reading instruction. The relationship between the sounds of spoken words and the individual letters or groups of letters that represent those sounds in written words. |
| Fluency | One of 5 essential components of reading instruction. The ability to read text with accuracy, expression, prosody, and comprehension. |
| Vocabulary | One of 5 essential components of reading instruction. The words we must know in order to communicate effectively. |
| Comprehension | One of 5 essential components of reading instruction. The ability to understand and gain meaning from what has been read. |