Oh my goodness have things changed with the this pandemic. Most of the country, if not fully offering distance learning, is providing at least some form at this point. This has forced us to adjust, adapt and think differently on how to teach specific skills over a new platform. … [Read more...]
Developmental Sequence of Phonological Awareness Skills
Phonemic & Phonological Skills Handout Teaching phonological and phonemic awareness skills is such a critical component in helping our little learners acquire the necessary building blocks to become proficient readers and writers. Understanding the sequence of … [Read more...]
Phoneme Segmentation Freebie!
The ability to separate the sounds of a word is called "phoneme segmentation". It's a critical skill in both learning to read and write. By six and a half/seven years of age students should be able to tell you the sounds in a word. So, for example, if given the word "cat", the … [Read more...]
Phonemic Awareness Intervention Kit
Years ago we started using the DIBELS assessment to screen students for reading difficulties and to monitor at-risk students throughout their intervention. We had all this wonderful data, but there seemed to be a gap between the data and then exactly how to use the data to guide … [Read more...]
Tools for Teaching Phoneme Segmentation
The ability to separate the sounds of a word is called "phoneme segmentation". It's a critical skill in both learning to read and write. By six and a half/seven years of age students should be able to tell you the sounds in a word. So, for example, if given the word "cat", the … [Read more...]
Phonemic Awareness Activities On the Go!
It's amazing sometimes where inspiration hits. A few weeks ago I had to kill about an hour and decided to hop on over to Michael's Craft Store. As I was walking through the bead aisle I found this really handy plastic tote. It was just the right size to fit picture cards! … [Read more...]
Teaching Phoneme Segmentation
Phonemic awareness is one of my favorite topics relating to literacy instruction. Studies of reading development have demonstrated that the acquisition of phonemic awareness is highly predictive of success in learning to read. It's so important that our beginning readers have … [Read more...]
A Sweet Valentine’s Day Segmenting Activity
I was shopping at one of my favorite "go-to" stores for fun holiday manipulatives and found these adorable heart gems. It's easy to make an activity a little more engaging by simply changing the materials. Changing the manipulatives for segmenting activities is super easy and … [Read more...]
8 Great Ideas for Teaching Segmenting and Blending
Phonemic awareness- the ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in spoken words and the understanding that spoken words are made up of sequences of speech sounds (Yopp, 1992) The best predictor of reading difficulty in kindergarten or first grade is the inability … [Read more...]