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The Reading Rope is a visual metaphor for what we understand about the acquisition of reading from start to finish. I created the image in 1992, based on a large body of important research studies carried out in the 1970s-80s on reading and reading disabilities.
Mar 4, 2021 · What is the Reading Rope? Many educators are familiar with the image of the Reading Rope, a visual representation of the many strands woven into skilled reading, which was created by Hollis Scarborough.
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Mar 25, 2024 · Scarborough's Reading Rope (Scarborough, 2001) remains “the image” of the SoR discussion, providing a clear visual representation of what it takes to become a skilled reader. The two sides of the rope represent the pieces of both word recognition and language comprehension.
- Anna Elizabeth Kambach, Heidi Anne Mesmer
- 77, Issue6
- 25 March 2024
Learning to read is a puzzle with many pieces. When it comes to the science of reading, Scarborough’s Reading Rope acts as a map, helping us navigate through the different aspects of reading and how they connect. Scarborough’s model helps teachers understand how reading development occurs when decoding words or grasping the structure of ...
Feb 23, 2024 · For more than 20 years, that diversity in reading has been captured by Scarborough’s Reading Rope, an image of a rope comprised of different strands that represent the various factors that go into a student’s reading ability. Created by Dr. Hollis Scarborough, the rope shows how those strands come together to form the knot that combines ...
The Reading Rope consists of lower and upper strands. The word-recognition strands (phonological awareness, decoding, and sight recognition of familiar words) work together as the reader becomes accurate, fluent, and increasingly automatic with repetition and practice.
Aug 13, 2022 · Students can discuss material while reading aloud from a projected image or their own books, or following along with a teacher-led or video book reading. Sight words are also a great opportunity to incorporate vocabulary building exercises.
