Get Ready to Huddle! Discover Intensive Phonics (K - 3 rd Grade & SPED) Huddle 4 th Tuesday of each month at 2 pm MT Please Call Passcode # Presented by: Joan Parrish

The Basics Phonological Awareness: is considered the “sound structure” of speech, or the auditory part of language where we understand that spoken language is made up of smaller sound parts (syllables, onset & rimes, and manipulating phonemes). Phonological Awareness is not phonics!

The Basics What is a syllable? A unit of spoken language that consists of one or more vowel sounds alone or with one or more consonant sounds preceding or following. What is a vowel? A vowel is a sound that you make when you speak without closing your mouth or throat.

Phonologic Awareness & Syllables Phonologic Awareness Syllable Awareness Rhyme Word Awareness (prefix, suffix, base word) Sentence Awareness (counting words) Phonemic Awareness (ability to manipulate phonemes). Onset & Rime

Syllable Awareness Counting Blending Deleting Segmenting

Syllable Awareness Trac-tor I get to move two. Guess my special word: but-ter-fly! Counting Blending Segmenting Deleting Rainbow without rain is just bow! BUTTERFLY! Let’s put 2 words together: star & fish. Hey, that’s a starfish!

Syllabication Syllabication is the act of breaking big words down into smaller parts so they can be pronounced and spelled more easily. This skill is a very valuable tool which can be learned thoroughly as well as quickly when it’s approached in an organized, systematic manner. What is Syllabication?

Reading Multi-syllabic Words understand the concept of a syllable and how to identify vowels and consonants know where the syllables divide – syllable patterns recognize common prefixes, suffixes, and base words Readers must be able to:

Syllable Patterns 1.Closed syllable ends in a consonant. The vowel has a short vowel sound, as in the word hot. 2.Open syllable ends in a vowel. The vowel has a long vowel sound, as in the first syllable of go. 3.Vowel-consonant-e syllable is typically found at the end of a word. The final e is silent and makes the next vowel before it long, as in the word bake. 4.Vowel team syllable has two vowels next to each other that together say a new sound, as in the word south. 5.Consonant-le syllable is found in words like table, puzzle, and middle. 6.R-controlled syllable contains a vowel followed by the letter r. The r controls the vowel and changes the way it is pronounced, as in the word pork.

Why Our Children Can’t Read “... A syllable should not be in two or more categories at the same time. If you say the words “bake,” “bait”, and “pork” out loud, you will hear that all three are “closed syllables” (CVC)…This means, for example that the words “bake” and “bait” are phonologically in two categories at once–“closed” and “diphthong”–and “bake” is visually in a third–“vowel + e.” These problems are inevitable when you classify the spelling code by letter patterns rather than by phonemes” (pp ). McGuinness, D., (1997). Why Our Children Can’t Read. New York: The Free Press.

Decoding Skill #1 provide X X X One consonant (guardian) goes on

Decoding Skill #2 campus XX Two consonants (guardians) split

The Goal Basic decoding strategies to draw upon when reading. Comprehend what they read.

Questions & Answers Questions, concerns, or comments?

Get Ready for the next Discover Intensive Phonics Huddle! “Kindergarten: Developmental or Academic? ” Tuesday, February 24 th at 2:00 pm MT