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Phonemic Phonemic Awareness and Awareness and

PhonicsPhonicsLori ElliottLori Elliott

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Hang Those Bottoms Down!Hang Those Bottoms Down!Hang those bottoms down, downHang those bottoms downSome letters stand tallSome sit on the wallSome hang their bottoms down, down

Phonics or Phonemic Phonics or Phonemic AwarenessAwareness

PHONICS• Visual• Letters and Letter

Names• Rule Based• Print Centered• Spelling to Sound

System

PHONEMIC AWARENESS

• Auditory• Speech Based• Speech Sounds

have letters• Phoneme

Discrimination

Phonemic AwarenessPhonemic Awareness• Phonemic Awareness is not knowing

which letter makes which sound. That is phonics. Phonemic Awareness is the awareness that words are composed of sounds, and is an important precursor to learning to read. ( Yopp, 1992).

Kids with Phonemic Kids with Phonemic AwarenessAwareness

• When words start alike• When words rhyme• When words are long words or short

words• If words have “lots of letters” or just

a few• How to stretch letter sounds• How to play with words

Development of Phonemic Development of Phonemic AwarenessAwareness

• Result of exposure to written and oral language.

• Rhyme• Tongue Twisters• Silly Games with

Words• Clapping Syllables• Singing

AssessmentAssessment• Levels of Phonemic Awareness• Developmental Spelling Test

Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness ActivitiesActivities

• Syllables• Back to Back• Simon Says• Rubber Band Stretch• Sing Old Favorites with New Sounds• Sound & Sketch/ Rhyme & Sketch

Online HelpsOnline Helps• http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/

elementary/palmasola/rcompindex1.htm

http://http://teacher.scholastic.com/teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bll/index.htmactivities/bll/index.htm

Let’s sort some words. Let’s sort some words. fluency writing

processfood

poetry shopping strategies

books journals friends

What is a word sort? What is a word sort? • A strategy for understanding words

and word parts. Students learn by doing. Students analyze a set of word cards for similarities. They sort the words into categories.

Why use word sorts? Why use word sorts? • Spelling• Content• Build background knowledge• Review• Assessment• Practice• Reading/Fluency

Picture SortsPicture SortsS B

When and Why? When and Why?

• Work on beginning or ending sounds.

Concept SortsConcept Sorts

Clothes Toys

Why and HowWhy and How• Use when teaching

content.• Math• Science• Social Studies

Brian P. Cleary

Anne Rockwell

Rhyming Picture SortRhyming Picture Sort

Vowel Picture SortVowel Picture Sort

Teacher Directed SortsTeacher Directed Sorts• Teachers define the categories and

model sorting. The teacher shares with students the key word or word part students should use in the sorting.

Beginner Level : Sort for Word Families 

cat man can

rat fan hat

pan sat pat

that tan bat

van mat than

fat ran  

Student Centered Sort: Student Centered Sort: Open SortOpen Sort

• Students examine all the words in the sort and decide the categories for sorting the words. They sort the words based on this prediction.

Student Centered Sort 

web queen team

seat bed seen

yes jeep read

meal tree leg

treat bell sheep

jet cream seed

eat been feel

Guess My CategoryGuess My Category• The teacher shows two or three pictures or

words into each group. Then as picture cards or word cards are selected the students guess which category it would fit. This strategy is used to explore content vocabulary. Students can continue this strategy by creating their own categories based on words given.

Try this one: Try this one: TreePresentsCandy cane

BasketChurchEggs

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/bhttp://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/books/content/wordsort/ooks/content/wordsort/

Poem of the WeekPoem of the Week• Builds fluency• Work on Phonics and Phonemic

Awareness• Connects to themes or units of study• Encourages Writing Poetry

Morning MessageMorning MessageMorning Message• K-2 Use a regular

and predictable format.

• Include a place for students to interact with the message.

1/14/07

Good Morning, Pioneers!

Last week we began our Pioneer family journeys. The Smith family definitely had a difficult time. Sorry to hear about your cow. While making decisions on the trail, you’ve had to learn to problem solve to make it all the way to Oregon. What has been your most challenging decision so far?

Be ready to tell why this decision was hard.

List one important supply your Pioneer family took with you on your journey:

Morning Message Through Morning Message Through the Weekthe Week

• Marvelous Monday• Tangled Tuesday• Wacky Wednesday• Thinking Thursday• Fabulous Friday

Silly SongsSilly Songs• R-read/Re-sing over and over• Listen for rhyming words• Look for rhyming words• Categorize words by sound or pattern• Listen for beginning sounds• Look for words with matching beginning sound• Look for word chunks or word families• Add motions to the song• Act out the song• Draw or write in response to the song• Make class books with drawings and writings• Perform for others• Clap syllables of words in the song• Make copies to send home to read/sing with parents• Keep copies on cardstock and place in plastic sleeves for book

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I wish I Were..I wish I Were..I wish I was a little caterpillarI wish I was a little caterpillarI’d go munchy munchy munchyInto everybody’s lunchyI wish I was a little caterpillar

• I wish I was a little mosquito

I wish I was a little mosquito

I’d go bitey bitey biteyUnder every ladie’s

nightyOh I wish I was a little

mosquito

• I wish I was a little motorcar

I wish I was a little motorcar

I’d go beepy beepy beepy As I drove right down your streety

I wish I was a little motorcar

The Wishy-Washy The Wishy-Washy Washerwoman Washerwoman

In the deep dark jungle where nobody goes

There’s a wishy-washy washerwoman washing her clothes

She goes “Ooh, ahh, ooh, ahh,

Ooh ahh ahh and a ringy-ding-ding!”

Black Socks Black Socks Black socks, they never get dirty,The longer I wear them, the stronger

they get!Sometimes I think I should wash them,But something inside me keeps

saying , “Not yet! Not yet! Not Yet!

Song SitesSong Sites• http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/subject.ht

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• http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activities/camp-songs.html

• http://www.woodgsc.org/forms/Songbook.pdf

• Google camp songs, silly songs or Scout songs