Foundational Skills Module 4

English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

Reading 10 Anchor Standards Writing 10 Anchor Standards Speaking & Listening 6 Anchor Standards Language 6 Anchor Standards Foundational Informational Literary Narrative Opinion Argumentative Explanatory Vocabulary Oral Language Written Language

Foundational Skills Students must have the foundational skills in order to read and comprehend complex texts.

Foundational Skills Common Core Foundational Skills do not include comprehension and vocabulary Foundational Skills include: Print concepts Phonological awareness Phonics and word recognition Fluency

Foundational Skills Acquiring comprehension and vocabulary skills is a 13-year process in the Common Core where one year builds on the next In order for proper scaffolding, Foundational Skills must be firmly taught Without Foundational Skills in place, students will have difficulty comprehending the increasingly more rigorous text and vocabulary

Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

Foundational Skills Print Concepts Understanding of what print represents and how it works Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

Foundational Skills Print Concepts Understanding of what print represents and how it works Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

Foundational Skills Phonics & Word Recognition - Associates the sounds of words to the spelling -Applies phonics to word identification Print Concepts Understanding of what print represents and how it works Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

Foundational Skills Phonics & Word Recognition - Associates the sounds of words to the spelling -Applies phonics to word identification Fluency The ability to read accurately, quickly, effortlessly, and with appropriate expression and meaning Print Concepts Understanding of what print represents and how it works Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

Foundational Skills Phonics & Word Recognition - Associates the sounds of words to the spelling -Applies phonics to word identification Fluency Able to read accurately, quickly, effortlessly, and with appropriate expression and meaning Print Concepts Understanding of what print represents and how it works Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

Print Concepts Children need regular and active interactions with print to develop an understanding of how print works Print Concepts include Concepts of Print Alphabetic Principle Basic Conventions of English

Concepts of Print Understand the necessary foundational skills that facilitate learning to read and write at an independent level Understand that the print (not the picture) tells the story Includes Directionality Differences between letter, word and sentence Voice-Print matching Punctuation

Foundational Skills Print Concepts Grade KGrade 1

Phonological Awareness Phonological Awareness, the ability to identify different sounds and then to connect those sounds to the letters of the alphabet, is the key to learning to read Phonological Awareness is an umbrella term that involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables and sounds The objective is for students to be able to manipulate words, word parts, and sounds

Foundational Skills Phonological Awareness Grade KGrade 1

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Phonics and Word Recognition Phonics instruction teach students the association between sounds of the language and the written symbols The written symbols are a visual representation of speech sounds that we use to communicate The application of phonics leads to word recognition

Foundational Skills Phonics and Word Recognition Grade K Grade 3 Grade 2Grade 1 Grade 4Grade 5

Fluency Fluency is the ability to read or access words effortlessly with seemingly little attention to decoding Fluency is also the ability to group words into meaningful units, utilize punctuation to guide the reader’s voice, and to use expression appropriately Fluency also requires readers to adjust their reading rate as necessary

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Foundational Skills Fluency Grade K Grade 3 Grade 2Grade 1 Grade 4Grade 5

Foundational Skills Phonological Awareness Grade KGrade 1

Reflection New concepts that will impact instruction Concepts that are similar to your current instruction Topic that might require additional professional development