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 Name Middle-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. 15-18)

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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. 19-54 for early phonics lessons)