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Understanding Skilled Reading Through Scarborough ’ s Reading Rope

The Science of Reading Progresses : Communicating Advances Beyond the Simple View of Reading
Reading Research Quarterly , Volume : 56 , Issue : S1 , Pages : S25-S44 , First published : 07 May 2021 , DOI : ( 10.1002 / rrq . 411 )

Literacy is like a braid , beginning with the intertwining threads of oral language and stories that are read to children . As children experiment with putting ideas on paper , a writing thread is entwined . All along the way , vocabulary is acquired . Then , as children are more into reading , the threads of literacy begin to bond .

— BEAR , INVERNIZZI , TEMPLETON , & JOHNSTON ( 2020 ) WORDS THEIR WAY

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