This research-based classroom program helps young children learn to distinguish individual sounds that make up words and affect their meanings.
With a developmental sequence of activities that follows a school year calendar, teachers can choose from a range of activities for their preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade classrooms. Plus, the curriculum includes an easy-to-use assessment test for screening up to 15 children at a time. This assessment not only helps to objectively estimate the general skill level of the class and identify children who may need additional testing but may also be repeated every 1-2 months to monitor progress.
Teachers can choose from a range of developmentally sequenced activities that complement any prereading program and accomodate individualized learning and teaching styles. The book includes everything teachers need to work these activities into classroom routines:
A. Teaching objectives
B. Lesson plans and sample scripts
C. Activity adaptations
D. Troubleshooting guidelines
E. Suggested kindergarten and first-grade schedules
F. Informal, group screening
G. Guidelines for interpreting assessment test results
H. Recommendations for further assessment
I. An appendix of advanced language games
Educators will welcome this playful curricular supplement as an effective way to improve listening skills and foster essential preliteracy skills.
Table of Contents:
1. The Nature and Importance of Phonemic Awareness
2. The Language Games
3. Listening Games
4. Rhyming
5. Words and Sentences
6. Awareness of Syllables
7. Initial and Final Sounds
8. Phonemes
9. Introducing Letters and Spellings
10. Assessing Phonological Awareness
Appendix A: Phonetic Symbols and Classifications of American English Consonants and Vowels
Appendix B: Suggested Kindergarten Schedule
Appendix C: Suggested First-Grade Schedule
Appendix D: Accompanying Materials and Resources
Appendix E: Advanced Language Games
Appendix F: Annotated Bibliography of Rhyming Stories
Appendix G: Poems, Fingerplays, Jingles, and Chants
Index
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