Veterans Day in the Classroom: Engaging Literacy Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten
Veterans Day is a wonderful opportunity to introduce preschool and kindergarten students to the importance of honoring those who have served. With age-appropriate activities, you can help your students understand the concept of bravery and service while building literacy skills. This brand new Veterans Day literacy resource is simple to prepare and packed full with […]
Understanding The Difference Between Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
When it comes to teaching students how to read, two terms often come up in discussions: phonological awareness and phonemic awareness. While they may sound similar, they actually refer to different but closely related concepts in the world of literacy development.
Mastering Phonemic Awareness: The Key to Reading Success
Are you looking for the key to unlock reading success for your child? Look no further than mastering phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize and manipulate individual sounds (or phonemes) in spoken words. It is a crucial skill for early readers as it forms the foundation for decoding and spelling words.
Teaching the Alphabet- 5 Things You Need to Know!
When I began teaching many years ago, I realized I was feeling unprepared to teach reading. I decided to pursue my master’s degree in reading for this very reason. I had some pretty amazing professors who were ahead of their time. They were already teaching the science of reading, in my opinion. Especially when we […]
Preschool Activities to Teach Important Skills to Get Ready for Kindergarten
There are so many important skills for preschoolers to have to make the transition to Kindergarten smoother. Whether a child goes to daycare, preschool, or stays at home, there are many easy preschool activities that teach important skills to get ready for Kindergarten.
How To Teach Phonemic Awareness 9 Simple Definitions and Examples
Phonemic awareness comes under the umbrella of phonological awareness. Phonemic awareness is the ability to identify and manipulate the individual sounds in a word. It is very important for students to have this skills in order to do well later with phonics and higher level reading skills. Phonemic awareness teaches us to listen for and hear the individual sounds or phonemes in a word. PA helps students with spelling and writing later on.
Teaching Phonological Awareness Skills – Why Is Teaching Syllables Important and 7 Ways to Practice With Your Students
When readers understand how to break up a word in syllables, it makes it easier to read unknown words. When readers can read or “sound out” chunks , those chunks are easier to remember in our short term memory rather than remembering all the single phonemes in a word. Dividing words into chunks and blending the chunks together, speeds up the process of decoding which creates more fluent readers.
Teaching Phonological Awareness Skills – 7 Ways to Teach Sound and Word Discrimination
I always believed that teaching phonological awareness skills was important, but I do not think I understood how important teaching the individual skills explicitly was to the growth and development of the new reader. …….. In this post, I will give you seven hands on ways to teach sound and word discrimination.
Why Is Teaching Phonological Awareness So Important? Skill #2 – Alliteration
. These skills are so important for all children but especially important for children with dyslexia. Maryanne gives the example of climbing a ladder, you want to start on the bottom rung and climb higher, not skip the lower rungs and try to reach the higher rungs first.
Is “The Science of Reading” Something New?
The best training, I ever had as a reading teacher, was my Orton Gillingham training. After I completed my master’s degree and became a reading specialist, I still felt like something was missing. I was teaching and tutoring and working with so many students who were still struggling with their reading. I fell in love with the approach because Orton Gillingham was already using direct, explicit phonics instruction.