The Sounds of Language: Phonological Awareness Today’s objectives: 4:00 Connect Standards to Stages of Reading and Spelling 4:20 Noticing Typical Spelling Patterns at each stage 4:40 Understanding “Big Picture” of reading and phonics terms 5:15 Identify levels of phonological awareness (PA) and phonemic awareness & link to activities 6:00 PA Assessment 6:15 Map activities onto PA levels using a short text Directions for Literacy Journal Activity
Developmental Stages of Spelling Typical Spelling Patterns for each Stage of Spelling What are students using? What are students confusing? What is absent?
Previewing Words Their Way Chapter 1 Three layers of English orthography (the writing system of a language): (1) Alphabet (2) Pattern (3) Meaning
Stages of Spelling Development Stage 1: Emergent Spelling
Stages of Spelling Development Stage 2: Letter Name - Alphabetic Spelling Early Letter NameMiddle-Late Letter Name
Stages of Spelling Development Stage 3: Within Word Pattern Spelling Early Within Word
Stages of Spelling Development Stage 4: Syllables and Affixes Spelling
Stages of Spelling Development Stage 5: Derivational Relations Spelling
Words Their Way Ch. 1 p. 19 ** (and inside cover): Mapping Reading, Writing, & Spelling Development
Making Sense of Phonological Awareness and Phonics
Are you ready? Self assessment What is the difference between… – decoding and encoding – phonemes and graphemes – sight words and decoded words – phonological awareness and phonemic awareness – phonemic awareness and phonics – two key aspects of phonics instruction – developmental sequence of phonics instruction (five levels) – developmental sequence of phonemic awareness (three levels; nine elements)
Summary of Terms from Making Sense of Phonics (Beck, 2006, p ) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ???? ? ?
Awareness of Onset-Rime PHONEMIC AWARENESS WORDS & SYLLABLES INITIAL SOUNDS … END
Say-it-and-move-it
PA Video Activities Mirror, Mirror Hot Seat (Beg, middle, end) Body Blending (hoops – separate & combine) Egg-cited by Sounds Silly Segmenting (with clay) Magnetic Letters (onset-rime) Stretch and Snap Back
Homework Prepare word pocket and letters from sentence strips Study for Quiz (see wiki for topics) W/Th and Mon Words Their Way Ch. 5 (Letter Name Alphabetic) Read Beck (pp for early phonics lessons)