Kindergarten – Christmas break is just weeks away. Phonemic
Awareness is the skill your students should have mastered before they head into
the break. In the science of reading it has been shown to be the foundational skill
for students developing strong reading and writing skills.
Using your data (screenings or teacher assessments) you need
to be able to show parents by documentation if their child can or cannot meet
the phonemic awareness benchmark.
Just because it was taught in the curriculum doesn’t mean
your students are fluent. What you are working on is for the student’s brain to
be able to hear and identify sounds within our language. Building those
pathways in the brain will provide the students with the understanding of
sounds as you move towards Alphabetic Principle.
Helpful Hints:
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When the students line up or move back to their
seat have them give you the sounds in words.
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When they are walking out the door or you are
walking down the hall with your class ask 4 or 5 students the sounds in one or
two words.
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Put a sticky note or tape a card to students who
you want to have additional practice with 4 or 5 words and have them give you
the sounds to a couple of the words.
·
When you have the students come back to the
carpet for an activity have them give you the sounds in a couple of words.
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When they come to the teacher center have the
students segment a couple of words.
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Have the students segment their math words.
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When you are teaching vocabulary segment the
single syllable words.
