The 5 Big Ideas of Reading

This is an image of a PDF from the National Center for Improving Literacy titled The 5 Big Ideas of Beginning Reading.

Effective reading instruction incorporates five components including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. These five components of reading are all linked. Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and vocabulary all build up to reading comprehension, which is the goal of reading.