How would you respond to this parent

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Welcome!

• How would you respond to this parents question?
• When my daughter was in 1st grade, she received
  a lot of phonics instruction and brought home
  many phonics worksheets. Now that shes older, I
  dont see that shes getting any phonics
  instruction at all from you, even though she
  still struggles with reading. Isnt phonics the
  most important skill for students to know in
  order to read well?

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Session 1Assessments and Strategies for Phonemic
Awareness, Phonics, and Word Study

• Fort Bragg Schools
• Elements of Literacy
• September 30, 2008

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Course Overview and Expectations

• Graduate Credit (3 sh 1 Project READ)
• Must register within 10 days
• Review objectives
• Review expectations
• The information from these sessions is meant to
  be shared with your staff by April 30, 2009
• Questions?

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Elements of Literacy

• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics, Word Study
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

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Elements of Literacy

• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics, Word Study
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

• Conventions
• Conventions
• Sentence Fluency
• Word Choice, Voice
• Ideas, Organization

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Todays Topics includePhonemic Awareness,
Phonics, and Word Study
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What is phonemic awareness?

• The ability to manipulate (segment and blend)
  the sounds of spoken language (Garan p. 85)
• Ex 3 sounds in CAT
• /k/ /a/ /t/
• Ex 3 sounds in SHOOT
• /sh/ /oo/ /t/

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What is phonemic awareness?

• Ex 3 sounds in CAT
• /k/ /a/ /t/
• What word do you get if you change the first
  sound in CAT to a /b/?
• What word do you get if you change the last sound
  in CAT to a /b/?
• What word do you get if you change the middle
  sound in CAT to a /u/?

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What is phonemic awareness?

• Ex 3 sounds in SHOOT
• /sh/ /oo/ /t/
• What word do you get if you change the first
  sound in SHOOT to a /b/?
• What word do you get if you remove the last sound
  in SHOOT?
• What word do you get if you change the middle
  sound in SHOOT to a /ow/?

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Related Read Alouds

• Any books that focus on alliteration or rhyme
  would be good to illustrate aspects of phonemic
  awareness
• Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein
• Geese Find the Missing Piece by Marco and Giulio
  Maestro
• Dogs Dont Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff
• Giant Children by Brod Bagert

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What is phonics?

• The NRP states that phonics is the connection
  between letters and sounds and how we use those
  sounds and letters in reading, writing, and
  spelling (Garan p. 68).
• Phonics is just one of the tools that can
  help some students some of the time.

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A thought about phonics

• Reading instruction should not begin with the
  skill. It is most effective when it begins with
  meaning and when phonics is taught simultaneously
  with comprehension (Garan p. 83).
• Rhythmic phonetics physical movements for
  sounds
• /k/ /t/ /a/ /o/ /sh/

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Related Read Alouds

• Any books that focus on specific sounds would be
  useful to illustrate the concept of phonics
• Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel
• Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
• Alphatales by Scholastic
• Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle

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What is word study?

• Word study is an alternative to traditional
  spelling instruction. It is based on learning
  word patterns rather than memorizing unconnected
  words (Leipzig, 2000).
• http//www.readingrockets.org/article/80
• Word study calls attention to word elements.

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How does word study relate to reading?
http//www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/su
mmerworkshop/smith/edlite-slide034.html
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Activities for Word Study

• SORTS
• Picture sorts
• Draw and label
• Cut and Paste
• Buddy sorts
• Written sorts
• Speed sorts

• Games
• Concentration
• Jeopardy
• Win, Lose, or Draw
• Word hunts
• Additional ideas in chapter 6 of Debbie Dillers
  Practice with Purpose

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Related Read Alouds

• Any books that focus on word patterns would be
  good to introduce word study concepts
• Word Family Tales by Scholastic
• There are Rocks in my Socks by Patricia Thomas

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Articles

• We are going to break into 5 groups
• You can choose your article, but try to spread
  your school out so everyone from your school is
  in a different group, reading a different article
• When you are in your group (20 minutes),
• Read/skim the article
• Come up with 3-5 discussion questions related to
  the article
• Write the questions on chart paper
• Prepare to share a brief summary of your article
  and your questions (lt 5 minutes)

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Related Articles

• Group 1
• Phonemes in Use by Patrick Manyak
• Group 2
• The Role of Phonics in Reading Instruction
  position statement from the International Reading
  Association
• Group 3 (computer)
• No More Friday Spelling Tests by Kelly Loeffler
• Group 4
• Word Study A New Approach to Teaching Spelling
  by Diane Henry Leipzig
• Group 5
• Bringing Word Study to Intermediate Classrooms
  by Janet Bloodgood and Linda Pacifici

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Articles

• When you are in your group (20 minutes),
• Read/skim the article
• Come up with 3-5 discussion questions related to
  the article
• Write the questions on chart paper
• Prepare to share a brief summary of your article
  and your questions (lt 5 minutes)

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DOOR PRIZES

• Each school will receive a packet of assessments
  and copies of the activities used today, as well
  as some additional information from Debbie
  Dillers books
• Use this information based on your school needs

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Related Assessments from Deborah Whites book
Assessment First

• Phonemic Awareness Task (p. 42)
• Letter Identification Record (p. 46)
• Sentence Dictation Record (p. 49)
• Spelling Inventory (p. 53-54)
• Adapted Names Test (p. 56)

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Activities

• We are going to break into 4 groups
• You can choose your activity, but try to spread
  your school out so everyone from your school is
  in a different group, participating in a
  different activity
• When you are in your group (20 minutes),
• Follow the task card for your activity
• Think about why this activity would be useful in
  developing phonemic awareness, phonics skills, or
  word study skills
• Think of other ways this activity could be
  adapted
• Write the usefulness and adaptations on chart
  paper
• Prepare to share a brief summary of your activity
  and your other thoughts (lt 5 minutes)

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Related Activities

• Group 1
• Phonemic Awareness Elkonian Boxes
• http//bogglesworldesl.com/elkonin_boxes.htm
• Group 2
• Phonics Short and long vowel word sort (2.11,
  3.12)
• Group 3
• Phonics Word sorts Endings (4.20, 4.23)
• Group 4 (computer)
• Word Study - Latin Root Jeopardy

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Activities

• When you are in your group (20 minutes),
• Follow the task card for your activity
• Think about why this activity would be useful in
  developing phonemic awareness, phonics skills, or
  word study skills
• Think of other ways this activity could be
  adapted
• Write the usefulness and adaptations on chart
  paper
• Prepare to share a brief summary of your activity
  and your other thoughts (lt 5 minutes)

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Wrap-Up

• Feedback
• Comments, Suggestions, Questions
• Next session on October 14
• Fluency and Vocabulary
• Thank you for your participation today ?