How to Use the Reading Components in Your Classroom

Watch our YouTube video as we explain how to use the reading components in your classroom (k-6)! Our video and informational FREEBIE gives you an overview of: 

What each reading component is, 

How we can assess each component, and 

What effective instruction should include.

The reading components include oral language, print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. We hope this video and download will help clarify these very important aspects of literacy and will help you include each of them in your daily teaching.

Reading Components Handout
Fluency Resources 
Comprehension Resources
Phonics Resources 

Who We Are - The Simple Teachers

After lots of talking and convincing, of me, Whitney and I have decided to do something really new this year.  This year we are going to start a YouTube channel to consistently send out videos of teaching tips, how to's, information on reading instruction, product use, etc.  We came to this conclusion after we noticed we were constantly being asked to "show me what that looks like" by students, fellow teachers, and friends in their own classrooms.  Because it is not feasible for us to visit each of your classrooms, we have decided to really put ourselves out there and video ourselves to "show" what we mean.

Because we are turning over this new leaf, we thought it was a great time to start off these videos with the story of how The Simple Teachers came to be and who we are.  So the first video we bring to you is just that!



We also include why we will always bring to you Researched, Effective, and Simple teaching tools, tips and help for you in your classrooms.

We hope you enjoy hearing how we started and we hope you join us as we bring to you frequent videos every Tuesday and Thursday that will help you in your teaching and help your students become better readers and thinkers! Subscribe to us today so you don't miss a video!

New Reading Comprehension Strategies Posters

We created NEW Comprehension Strategy Posters!

We made them black and white with clean and simple graphics that all grades can use!
Included are full page and half page versions of the posters. Download the posters HERE!

Don't forget to download our FREE Comprehension Resources Handout for the flowchart, lesson tips and reminders, and explicit teacher language.

Make sure you go follow us at YouTube, we will be posting two videos a week starting tomorrow! Soon, we will be posting a video that will give you more information on Comprehension Strategies.