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As the Science of Reading continues to gain attention in education, it’s essential educators have access to the right tools to effectively support literacy instruction. Luckily, Lumio's educator implementation team is committed to providing thoughtful resources that align with this important approach.
Our Science of Reading toolkit offers practical, interactive tools that focus on essential components like phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Through engaging activities such as digital flashcards, text-based games, read-alouds, and more, students can practice decoding and understanding words in context, reinforcing their reading skills. Lumio’s built-in assessment tools also allow teachers to monitor progress and tailor instruction to meet individual needs, making the Science of Reading accessible, engaging, and effective for all learners.
Using these activities and elements in the classroom helps students build strong reading skills while engaging with material in meaningful ways. Let’s explore how Lumio can support your literacy instruction today.
Phonemic Awareness
Support phonemic awareness with Lumio by creating dynamic lessons that help students isolate and manipulate sounds in words. Whether it's blending sounds to form words or segmenting words into individual phonemes, Lumio’s drag-and-drop, sorting, and matching activities bring these concepts to life.
The ability to provide real-time feedback allows for immediate practice and correction, keeping learners on track. Check out the Find the Phonemes activity in the Science of Reading toolkit, which uses Attached Audio to practice identifying final phonemes in words.
Phonics & Word Recognition
Teachers can create hands-on activities in Lumio that help students connect sounds to letters, blend sounds to form words, and recognize common word patterns.
From interactive games that reinforce letter-sound relationships to digital flashcards for sight word practice, Lumio makes these foundational skills engaging and accessible for all learners. The “Variant correspondences Super Sort” activity in the Science of Reading toolkit is a great example of using Lumio’s game-based activities to make phonics instruction fun and dynamic.
Whether just beginning their phonics journey, or mastering more complex word recognition, these engaging learning activities in Lumio help students build the skills they need to become confident, fluent readers!
Fluency & Vocabulary
Lumio's interactive tools help you make fluency and vocabulary practice more engaging and personalized.
With individual digital handouts, students can work at their own pace, completing activities tailored to their specific reading levels and needs. Lumio’s audio features further support fluency by allowing students to both listen and model readings, practice pronunciation, and record their own voices for self-assessment.
These interactive elements bring vocabulary to life, as students explore word meanings through multimedia-rich tasks and audio-enhanced activities. Lumio's Science of Reading toolkit even includes a fun activity called the Synonym Spider, where students drag and drop to compare words, making vocabulary practice a blast.
Text Comprehension
Once students have read a section of the text, an educator's next step is to check for understanding to ensure that they are building their knowledge and improving their critical thinking.
Lumio has a number of ways that you can do this, like using a Categorized Shout It Out. The toolkit has a ready-made Shout It Out activity that has students demonstrate their comprehension by comparing characters from a reading. Once students have had the opportunity to share their responses, the class can discuss them together.
Dive into the toolkit yourself to see how easy it is to create a dynamic learning environment that supports differentiated instruction and helps students develop stronger reading skills with Lumio.
Discover how Lumio supports student engagement by trying it out today.