PhonemicAwareness:ReadingintheDark
PRESENTER:BrianSmith
5ComponentsofReading:
2000NationalReadingPanelreportedthatthefivecomponentsofreadingare:
PhonemicAwareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Fluency
Comprehension
PhonemicAwarenessandPhonics:
BothfallundertheideaoftheAlphabeticPrinciple,but…
PhonemicAwarenessissimplyworkingwithsounds
Phonicsisattachingsoundstoletters
WhichisWhich?AQuickQuiz!
Whatisthefirstsoundinthewordcat? Answer:
Whatisthefirstletterinthewordmom? Answer:
Whatdoestheletterpsay? Answer:
Whatisawordthatrhymeswithhornbutstartswiththe/c/sound?Answer:
“Reading”intheDark:
Sincephonemicawarenessisallauditoryinputandmanipulatingsoundsinyourhead,youcandoit
anywhere.
•Whileyourclassisstandinginlineatthebathroom
•Inthecarriderline
•Ontheplayground
WhyPhonemicAwareness:
Studieshavefoundthatastudent’sabilitywithphonemicawarenessactivitieshasahighcorrelation
totheirabilitytolearntoreadinthefirsttwoyearsofschool.
WhatisincludedinPhonemicAwareness?
● Segmentation
● PhonemicSegmentationistheabilitytohearallthesounds(phonemes)inaspoken
word.
● Whatareallthesoundsinthewordstick?
● /s//t//ĭ//k/
● Havefunwithit!
Iusethisbooktointroducetheideaoftalkinglikearobot.
● Let’ssaythesewordslikerobots…
hat
fog
smile
● Blending-Startwithonsetandrime.
● Onset-thebeginningsoundofaword
● Whatistheonsetofthewordhot?Answer:
● Whatistheonsetofthewordgood?Answer:
● Rime-theendingsoundsofaword
● Whatistherimeofthewordmap?Answer:
● Whatistherimeofthewordpig?Answer:
● Blendtheseonsetandrimes
● /l/+/ip/
● /sh/+/ut/
● Nextstepistoblendindividualphonemestoformwords.
● /r//e//d/puttogetherisred.
● *manytimesitiseasytogetkidstoput/e/and/d/togetherandthenaddthe
onset.
● Thisiswhatitwouldsoundlike…
● Teachersays:/r//e//d/
● Thenthestudentwouldeitherputallthesoundstogethertosayredorifthey
arestrugglingiswhenyouwouldhelpthemput/e/and/d/togetherfirst.
● Deletion
● Thefollowingexamplesareinthepresentedinthesamewaythatthetaasphonemic
awarenessassessmenthasbeensetup.ThetaaswasdesignedbyDr.JeromeRosner.
● Deletingphonemessoundslikethis…
● Teachersays:Saysmile
● Studentsays:Smile
● Teachersays:Nowsayitagainbutdon’tsay/s/
● Thenthestudentsays:mile
● Thiscanbedonewithalllevelsofwords.
● Saymoonlight...nowsayitagainbutdon’tsaymoon.
● Saycarpet...nowsayitagainbutdon’tsaypet
● Sayteam...nowsayitagainbutdon’tsay/m/
● Sayspit...nowsayitagainbutdon’tsay/p/
● Rhyming
● Myfavoritethingaboutrhymingasaphonemicawarenessactivityisthatthewords
don’thavetobeinthesamewordfamilytobeusedforactivities.
Light Hi
You Stuff
Kite Bye Do
Tough
Height
Sky Sue ● Formanykidsthisisharderthanitseemsandtheyneedpractice.
TogetaninitialideaofwheremyclassisatIusethebook...
● Thelayoutofthisbookisperfectbecauseonepagewillsay,“Guessthereain’tnoharm
ifIpaintmy...”andthenyouturnthepagetofindtherhymingword,inthiscaseit’s
"arm."
Anothergreatbookis... ● Ned,Ted,EdandBobwillkeepyourclassinafitofjoyasyourreadaboutthese
charmingdustbunniesadventure...andlearnalotaboutwhatrhymesalongtheway.
● Lastbutnotleast...
Theactivityforthisbookalwaysmakesmesmile.Cateducatesfrogonhoweveryanimalhastositon
somethingdifferentbecauseofrhymingbooks.
● Myclassdrawstheirownrhymes!
● Checkoutthisliononanonion.
● (Ittotallyrhymeswhensaidinasoutherndrawl.)
AGamefortheStages(ofPhonemicAwareness)
ThumbsUp/ThumbsDown
Simplerules:
•Teachersaystwowords.
•Studentsdetermineifthewordsmeetthecriteriaandiftheydoshowthumbs
upandifnottheyshowthumbsdown.
Playitfor…
Dothesetwowordsrhyme?
Raise
Maze
Playitfor…
Dothesetwowordsrhyme?
Cow
Car Playitfor…
Dothesetwowordshavethesamesoundfortheonset?
Bat
Ball
Playitfor…
Dothesetwowordshavethesamesoundfortheonset?
Fork
Spoon
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