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Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy

Developmentwith Creative Curriculumfor Holy Name Preschool

Christina Nestoryspecial education & k-5 teacher (2000 - present)

early intervention provider (2010-present)

currently a M.Ed. Literacy studentphonemicawarenessinkids.weebly.com

Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development

Start Activity:

Please write your name on the index card.


How Holy Name fits in to the larger literacy picture…

NRP Elements of Reading

• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics• Fluency• Comprehension• Vocabulary

National Reading Panelhttp://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-

areas/kweb/images/NationalReadingPanel_FAQ.pdf


http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/kweb/images/NationalReadingPanel_FAQ.pdf

Preschool Teachers and Support Staff are on the frontlines of early literacy development.

Preschool + Early Literacy Skills = Sound Readers

1. Alphabetics

2. Phonemic Awareness


How do children learn

to read?


• naturally pick up the code

• 1 in 3 will struggle*(Adams, 1990),

*this does not mean the struggling reader necessarily has a reading disability



let’s comparespelling…


…and sound.



Reflective Question

How many phonemes are in your name?


This is a phoneme.


This is a phoneme.


And this.


The word “cat” has three.

c/a/t


Assessment Question

How many phonemes in your name?


• hear• identify• manipulate

different letter sounds.


Let’s test our phonemic awareness


How many phonemes?

a/pp/le


bunny

carrot


b/u/nn/y

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GR/EA/T J/O/B!


Assessment with the Alphabet


Directions:With a partner take turns naming the letter and the letter sound.

Do any of the letters have more than one sound?


GR/EA/T J/O/B!


http://www.dyslexia-reading-well.com/support-files/the-44-phonemes-of-english.pdf

Activity 2- The Sounds


Directions:Glance over the 44

sounds resource guide.

Are any of them new to you?


On sound position in words

initial, final, short vowels

*Words Their Way Primary Features


On digraphs(makes one sound)

shchth



On blends(two sounds pushed together)

sl drst bl

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On diphthongs (long vowels)

a -11 graphemes



GR/EA/T J/O/B!


Activity 3 – Let’s Play with Sounds




Directions:Work with your partner to create

a game that either:

• Identifies sounds• Blends sounds• Segment words• Substitute sounds

GR/EA/T J/O/B!



Classroom Activity Extension

This activity could work into your Creative Curriculum group meetings, small group, or tablework time.


Directions:Select an item from the room that starts with the letter ____



Directions:Now let’s sort the items into rhyming beginning sounds.


Directions:Fold a piece of lined paper in half. Students can practice writing down each item’s first letter sound.

Tip: Impact of Speech Development


Tip: Digital Use in Preschool


Tip: Start with uppercase

Children learn lowercase letters

by writing them.http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Marilyn+Jager+Adams+Reading+Model&&view=detail&mid=F826D28099076B9A4D3CF826D28099076B9A4D3C&FORM=VRDGAR


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Curriculum Resources


Further Professional Reading


Th/a/n/k y/ou


Resources:Adams, M.J., (1990). Beginning to read: thinking and learning about print. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.

Adams, M. J., Allington, R. L., Chaney, J. H., Goodman, Y. M., Kapinus, B. A., McGee, L. M., & ... Williams, J. P.

(1991). Beginning to read: a critique by literacy professionals and a response by Marilyn Jager Adams. The Reading Teacher, 44(6).

pp. 370-395.

Adams, M. J., (1998). Phonemic awareness in young children: a classroom curriculum. Baltimore, MD. P.H. Brookes.

Lyon, G. R., Shaywitz, S. E., Shaywitz, B. A., Chhabra, V., & Adams, M. J., (2005). Evidence-based reading policy in the

United States: how scientific research informs instructional practices. Brookings Papers on Education Policy, (8). pp. 209-250.

Retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20062559

Adams, M. J., & Alexander, F. (2012). PART 2: A vaccine to prevent 3rd grade retention. Education Week, 32(6), pp. 14-

15.

Adams, M. J., (2013). ABC foundations for young children: a classroom curriculum. Baltimore, MD. P.H. Brookes.The

Nations Report Card, (2015). Retrieved from: http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2015/#mathematics?grade=4

Lonigan, C. J., Burgess, S. R., & Anthony, J. L. (2000). Development of emergent literacy and early reading skills in preschool

children: Evidence from a latent-variable longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 36(5), 596-613.

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.36.5.596

McCardle, P., Scarborough, H. S., & Catts, H. W. (2001). Predicting, Explaining, and Preventing Children's Reading Difficulties.

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice Learning Disabil Res Pract, 16(4), 230-239. doi:10.1111/0938-8982.00023

Diagnostic Literacy Assessments and Instructional Strategies: A Literacy Specialists Resource by Stephanie L. McAndrew's, 2008


http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2015/#mathematics?grade=4

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