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Phonics Fundamentals: Enhancing Reading Skills in Children

Understand phonemic awareness vs. phonics, 5 phonics skills, & fun activities to boost reading. Join a breakout session for hands-on practice.

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Phonics Fundamentals: Enhancing Reading Skills in Children

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  2. Agenda • Definition • • Including the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics • Five phonics skills • Fun activities you can do with your child to improve • each skill • Breakout session with small groups to practice • some of the activities 2

  3. What Is Phonics? • The instructional method • that teaches that there is • a predictable relationship • between the sounds of the • spoken language (phonemes) • and the written letters that • represent those sounds • (graphemes) • Instruction in the connection between the letters of • the alphabet and their corresponding sounds, and how • to blend them together to read words 3

  4. How Important Is It? • “For children just beginning to read— • typically in kindergarten and first grade— • it is vital to learn the sound-symbol • relationships of written language. . . . • Phonics may be just one ingredient in a • properly balanced reading program, but • it is a ‘gateway’ skill: if you don’t crack • the alphabetic code, you can’t read.” • —Stephen Zemelman, Harvey Daniel, and • Arthur Hyde, “Best Practice: Today’s Standards • for Teaching and Learning in America’s Schools” 4

  5. What’s the Difference? • Phonemic awareness: • An understanding of the • spoken language • Phonics: • The relationship between • letters and sounds Child can tell that bat and bird start with the same sound, and that bat and rat rhyme. Child knows that /b/, /a/, and /t/ blend together to say bat. 5

  6. Phonics Skills Alphabetic knowledge Alphabetic principle Word recognition Reading decodable text High frequency and irregular words 6

  7. Alphabetic Knowledge Skill: Knowing the shapes, names, and sounds of letters, progressing from letter names and shapes to letter sounds Activities: • Alphabet song • Memory game • Tic-Tac-Toe 7

  8. Alphabetic Principle Skill: Understanding the relationship between letters and sounds Activities: • Letter sounds • Memory game • Writing names • Alphabet Soup 8

  9. Word Recognition Skill: Recognizing words in print; being able to sound out words and automatically read others Activities: • Blending • Making Words activity • Three-Sound Word Deck 9

  10. Reading Decodable Text Skill: Reading or sounding out letters to determine a word and its meaning Activities: • Reading together • Rereading 10

  11. High Frequency and Irregular Words Skill: Knowing irregular and high frequency words by sight Activities: • Flash cards • Alphabetizing flash cards • Memory game • Tic-Tac-Toe • Bingo 11

  12. Other Recommendations • Focus on one specific skill at a time. • Spend twenty minutes a day. • Repetition and practice is key. 12

  13. Breakout Session 13

  14. Wrap-up and Q & A • Next steps: Apply what you’ve learned. • • Choose a few skills to focus on. • • Refer to your notes. • • Add another skill or two later. 14

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