1. The Building Blocks of Literacy

2. Understanding the Connection Between Decoding and Comprehending

3. Book and Print Awareness
Earliest building block of literacy – usually occurs between the ages of 3 and 5 (pre K and Kindergarten)
Assessment of Book and Print Awareness is measured through something usually called a Concepts of Print (CAP) Assessment

4. PHONOLOGICAL AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS….

5. PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
(Understanding that spoken language made up of words AND words made up of individual sounds- ability to distinguish units of sound auditorily)
Concept of word
Concept of word- reading is fun sentence- cut up and reorganize
Syllables
Phonemic Awareness
Rhyme

6. PHONEMIC AWARENESS Deals with phonemes: smallest units of sound
Common components of phonemic awareness using “cat”
Initial/final sound (cat or cat)
Onset and rime (/c/ and /at/)
Blending and segmenting (/c/ + /at/ = /cat/)

7. Phonemic Awareness

8. Now, moving on….
PHONICS!!!

9. PHONICS refers to letter sound relationship in WRITTEN words
(No eyes closed here)
Recognizing and naming letters
Letter/sound correspondence
Long and short vowel sounds
Different phoneme combinations, and their respective sounds
“rat” vs. “rate”

10. Alphabetic Principle Part of Phonics
The relationship between letters and their corresponding sounds
identifying and naming alphabet letters
understanding sound-symbol correspondences and spelling patterns
using knowledge about these patterns to decode words
Test yourself: What is the difference between phonemic awareness and phonics?

11. Phonics and the Alphabetic Principle

12. Test your skills…
Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, or phonics? You tell me!
Pointing to the letter “B” and asking child what sound it makes
PHONICS!
Asking a student what words rhyme with “hat”
PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS!
Asking a student to identify the beginning sound in the word “short”
PHONEMIC AWARENESS!