How can I help a child sound out new words?

1. Phonological Awareness WebQuest How can I help a child sound out new words? To start click “Slide Show” at the top of your screen. Then click “View Show.” Use page down or enter to move through each slide. Click on the underlined words to find links on the Internet.

2. Phonemic Awareness WebQuest This WebQuest is part of the Time for Literacy (TFL) project sponsored by the Bonneville Community Literacy Counsel (CLC).Susan H. Grover designed this WebQuest This WebQuest supplements training sessions for the TFL volunteer tutors. For more information on TFL or the CLC, visit www.grovers.us/clc or e-mail putnam@srv.net. Table of Contents

3. Phonemic Awareness WebQuest Table of Contents WebQuest Information Introduction Task Process Phonemic Awareness Activities Diverse Needs Balanced Reading Conclusion Credits

4. INTRODUCTION This WebQuest will help you find and organize Internet resources. After you complete this WebQuest you will be able to answer the common tutoring question: “How can I help my student sound out words?” Table of Contents

5. TASK You can improve a child’s life. You have the ambition now develop the skill. After completing this WebQuest you will: • design activities that promote phonemic awareness, • determine the diverse learning needs of your students, and • combine elements of reading for a balanced approach. Table of Contents

6. PROCESS Each slide poses a question. Select the answer button on each slide to visit web resources detailing: • phonemic awareness activities • diverse learning needs • balancing reading elements Table of Contents

7. PROCESS A study guide button introduces each section. After completing the web quest, use the rubric to asses how well this web quest answered your questions. E-mail the rubric to groverds@grovers.us. Table of Contents

8. The following web resources explain the elements of language that children need in order to learn to read. WHAT & HOW Study Guide Table of Contents

9. WHAT & HOW What is phonemic awareness? Word Awareness Rhyme Awareness Onset and Rime Syllable Awareness Phonemic Awareness Answer Reading A-Z. Proquest. Retrieved on Oct. 29, 2005, from .http://www.readinga-z.com/research/phonological.html. (Used for information and advertising p purposes only. If you would like more information or to use materials go to the web page.) Table of Contents

10. WHAT & HOW How can I use phonemic awareness to improve my students' reading? How does phonemic awareness fit into the process of learning to read? How is phonemic awareness taught? Answer Table of Contents

11. The following web resources link you with activities to practice phonemic awareness. These activities include nursery rhymes, songs, flash card, games, lesson plans and other activities. ACTIVITIES Study Guide Table of Contents

12. ACTIVITIES How can I help my studentreview letters and sounds? Answer In this lesson, students consider animals from A to Z while learning the letters of the alphabet and the different sounds they make. Table of Contents

13. ACTIVITIES How can I use songs to teach phonemic awareness? Answer This link includes audio clips, printed version of the words and lesson plan suggestions. Table of Contents

14. ACTIVITIES How can I use nursery rhymes to teach phonemic awareness? Answer This link shows a number of activities derived from one rhyme, Humpty Dumpty. Table of Contents

15. ACTIVITIES How can I practice word families with my student? Answer This lesson introduces word sorts with short “a” word families: –at –an, –ap, and –ack. It includes flash cards, pictures and activity pages. Table of Contents

16. ACTIVITIES How can I help my student link letters with sounds? Answer This lesson introduces beginning sounds and riming sounds. It includes flash cards, pictures and activity pages. Table of Contents

17. ACTIVITIES How can I use phonemic awareness in a lesson? Answer This lesson examines onset/rime patterns in word families, reviews vocabulary with a memory card game, and applies phonics skills in a writing activity. Table of Contents

18. ACTIVITIES How can I show my studenthow letters relate to sounds? Answer A demonstration of one-on-one phonics instruction showing several different techniques for teaching the relationship between letters and sounds. Table of Contents

19. The following web resourcesinclude an explanation of how brain research increases understanding of diverse learning needs ideas for motivating diverse learners lessons for English language learners DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS Study Guide Table of Contents

20. DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS How can I understand diverse learning needs? Answer This chapter shows how familiarity with brain research can increase understanding of students' learning needs. Rose, D. H. & Meyer, A. (2002). Teaching every student in the digital age: Universal design for learning. CAST. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Retrieved on Sept. 8, 2005, from http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/. Table of Contents

21. DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS How can I motivate a childwith diverse learning needs? Answer Interviews from educational experts: • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Ph.D., psychologist and author of the book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience • Howard Gardner professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and originator of the theory of multiple intelligences • Seymour Papert renowned expert on children’s learning and computing Table of Contents

22. DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS This site shares ELL lesson plans Week 1: Initial Assessment Pre-reading conversation Reading a wordless book Post-reading conversation Drawing/writing activity Week 3: Predictable Pattern Books Picture walk Making predictions Reading a book Initial consonant card game Week 6: Re-reading a familiar text and practice rhyming words Reading rhyming book More work with rhyming How can I help an English language learner? Answer Table of Contents

23. DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS Nanci Bell of Lindamood- Bell explains the difference between dyslexia and hyperlexia at the IDA Conference, November 2004 in a presentation entitled “The Role of Imagery and Verbal Processing in Comprehension.” Can a child have high phonemic awareness with poor comprehension? Answer Table of Contents

24. These web resources include free download booklets on balanced reading and lesson plans on other reading elements. BALANCED READING Study Guide Table of Contents

25. BALANCED READING How can I balance reading elements? Answer A free electronic copy of Put Reading First -- a balanced reading program including • phonological awareness • phonics • fluency • vocabulary • comprehension. Table of Contents

26. BALANCED READING Can I get more informationabout reading elements? Answer Free electronic booklets From The Partnership for Reading through the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) • Report of the National Reading Panel • Put Reading First: • Helping Your Child Learn to Read • The Research Building Blocks • Parent Reading Resources: • A Child Becomes a Reader - K-3 • A Child Becomes a Reader - Birth to Preschool Table of Contents

27. BALANCED READING Where can I find lesson planson other reading elements? Comprehension Fluency Literacy Engagement Read Aloud Misc Shared Reading Table of Contents

28. BALANCED READING Idaho State Comprehensive Literacy Plan outlining the standards for phonemic awareness and other reading elements K-3. How does phonemic awareness fit with state standards? Answer Senator Larry Craig reads to students participating in the Time for Literacy project to demonstrate his support. Table of Contents

29. by increasing their phonemic awareness & use of phonics Assessment: Did you find the answers? You can help your student sound out new words Table of Contents

30. by increasing their phonemic awareness. Assessment Rubric You can help your student sound out new words Table of Contents

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