What role does phonological awareness and phonemic awareness play in reading development?
Student who can manipulate the sounds of our language, particularly through segmenting and blending sounds, will likely have an easier time mapping those sounds onto the letters of our alphabet (once they have learned which letters can represent which sounds and understand the alphabetic principle).
Monday, February 11, 2013
PA and Phonics
What is the difference between phonological awareness and phonics skills?
Phonological awareness activities are activities that can be completed at the aural/oral level- you do not need to "see" anything to participate in these. Phonics skills come into play when you introduce letters into the activity. Oftentimes phonological (including phonemic) awareness activities are combined with letter to facilitate the alphabetic principle.
Phonological awareness activities are activities that can be completed at the aural/oral level- you do not need to "see" anything to participate in these. Phonics skills come into play when you introduce letters into the activity. Oftentimes phonological (including phonemic) awareness activities are combined with letter to facilitate the alphabetic principle.
Strategies to Promote PA
What are some strategies teachers can use to promote students' phonological and phonemic awareness?
Engaging students in language play through songs, rhymes, and read aloud helps children hear the bigger sound units in our language. Having students build words based on common phonograms (i.e., -it, -and, and -ed) can support students' understanding of onset-rime. Blending and segmenting activities build phonemic awareness. Specific activities, such as the use of Elkonin Boxes, support these as well. Picture cards are extremely useful in helping students manipulate language. Here is link to other phonemic awareness activities: http://phonologicalawareness.org/6.html.
Engaging students in language play through songs, rhymes, and read aloud helps children hear the bigger sound units in our language. Having students build words based on common phonograms (i.e., -it, -and, and -ed) can support students' understanding of onset-rime. Blending and segmenting activities build phonemic awareness. Specific activities, such as the use of Elkonin Boxes, support these as well. Picture cards are extremely useful in helping students manipulate language. Here is link to other phonemic awareness activities: http://phonologicalawareness.org/6.html.
Friday, February 1, 2013
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