Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy
Developmentwith Creative Curriculumfor Holy Name Preschool
Christina Nestoryspecial education & k-5 teacher (2000 - present)
early intervention provider (2010-present)
currently a M.Ed. Literacy studentphonemicawarenessinkids.weebly.com
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Start Activity:
Please write your name on the index card.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
How Holy Name fits in to the larger literacy picture…
NRP Elements of Reading
• Phonemic Awareness• Phonics• Fluency• Comprehension• Vocabulary
National Reading Panelhttp://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-
areas/kweb/images/NationalReadingPanel_FAQ.pdf
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Preschool Teachers and Support Staff are on the frontlines of early literacy development.
Preschool + Early Literacy Skills = Sound Readers
1. Alphabetics
2. Phonemic Awareness
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
How do children learn
to read?
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
• naturally pick up the code
• 1 in 3 will struggle*(Adams, 1990),
*this does not mean the struggling reader necessarily has a reading disability
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
let’s comparespelling…
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
…and sound.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Reflective Question
How many phonemes are in your name?
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
This is a phoneme.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
This is a phoneme.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
And this.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
The word “cat” has three.
c/a/t
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Assessment Question
How many phonemes in your name?
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
• hear• identify• manipulate
different letter sounds.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Let’s test our phonemic awareness
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
How many phonemes?
a/pp/le
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
bunny
carrot
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b/u/nn/y
c/a/rr/o/tNestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
GR/EA/T J/O/B!
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Assessment with the Alphabet
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Directions:With a partner take turns naming the letter and the letter sound.
Do any of the letters have more than one sound?
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
GR/EA/T J/O/B!
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http://www.dyslexia-reading-well.com/support-files/the-44-phonemes-of-english.pdf
Activity 2- The Sounds
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Directions:Glance over the 44
sounds resource guide.
Are any of them new to you?
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
On sound position in words
initial, final, short vowels
*Words Their Way Primary Features
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
On digraphs(makes one sound)
shchth
*Words Their Way Primary Features
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
On blends(two sounds pushed together)
sl drst bl
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On diphthongs (long vowels)
a -11 graphemes
*Words Their Way Primary Features
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GR/EA/T J/O/B!
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Activity 3 – Let’s Play with Sounds
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
• hear• identify• manipulate
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Directions:Work with your partner to create
a game that either:
• Identifies sounds• Blends sounds• Segment words• Substitute sounds
GR/EA/T J/O/B!
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Classroom Activity Extension
This activity could work into your Creative Curriculum group meetings, small group, or tablework time.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Directions:Select an item from the room that starts with the letter ____
• hear• identify• manipulate
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Directions:Now let’s sort the items into rhyming beginning sounds.
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Directions:Fold a piece of lined paper in half. Students can practice writing down each item’s first letter sound.
Tip: Impact of Speech Development
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Tip: Digital Use in Preschool
Nestory 2016 PD Workshop Phonemic Awareness for Early Literacy Development
Tip: Start with uppercase
Children learn lowercase letters
by writing them.http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Marilyn+Jager+Adams+Reading+Model&&view=detail&mid=F826D28099076B9A4D3CF826D28099076B9A4D3C&FORM=VRDGAR
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Curriculum Resources
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Further Professional Reading
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Th/a/n/k y/ou
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Resources:Adams, M.J., (1990). Beginning to read: thinking and learning about print. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.
Adams, M. J., Allington, R. L., Chaney, J. H., Goodman, Y. M., Kapinus, B. A., McGee, L. M., & ... Williams, J. P.
(1991). Beginning to read: a critique by literacy professionals and a response by Marilyn Jager Adams. The Reading Teacher, 44(6).
pp. 370-395.
Adams, M. J., (1998). Phonemic awareness in young children: a classroom curriculum. Baltimore, MD. P.H. Brookes.
Lyon, G. R., Shaywitz, S. E., Shaywitz, B. A., Chhabra, V., & Adams, M. J., (2005). Evidence-based reading policy in the
United States: how scientific research informs instructional practices. Brookings Papers on Education Policy, (8). pp. 209-250.
Retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20062559
Adams, M. J., & Alexander, F. (2012). PART 2: A vaccine to prevent 3rd grade retention. Education Week, 32(6), pp. 14-
15.
Adams, M. J., (2013). ABC foundations for young children: a classroom curriculum. Baltimore, MD. P.H. Brookes.The
Nations Report Card, (2015). Retrieved from: http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2015/#mathematics?grade=4
Lonigan, C. J., Burgess, S. R., & Anthony, J. L. (2000). Development of emergent literacy and early reading skills in preschool
children: Evidence from a latent-variable longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, 36(5), 596-613.
doi:10.1037/0012-1649.36.5.596
McCardle, P., Scarborough, H. S., & Catts, H. W. (2001). Predicting, Explaining, and Preventing Children's Reading Difficulties.
Learning Disabilities Research and Practice Learning Disabil Res Pract, 16(4), 230-239. doi:10.1111/0938-8982.00023
Diagnostic Literacy Assessments and Instructional Strategies: A Literacy Specialists Resource by Stephanie L. McAndrew's, 2008
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