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The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to create your own toolbox full of specific teaching ideas/activities/resources in the areas covered by this course.

Choose one of the areas of teaching literacy which you have been studying: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, oral language, or phonics.  Create a toolbox with resources for teaching that area to an elementary grade from Kindergarten through third grade.

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                               Phonemic Awareness 

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                               Phonemic Awareness 

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The ability to separate words into the sound that makes it up. Blending single sounds into words. Being about to sound out words. Add, subtract or substitute new sounds in words.

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Open House Video #1 - Phonemic Awareness

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                                     Apps #1

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Articulation Station
Price: Free

Grade level: K, 1st, 2nd

Skill: Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities, Phonics
Rating: 4 stars

This App teaches children pronunciation and articulation. Fun games to help all kinds of children who are struggling with phonemic awareness. This app is free and it helps all children including children with dyslexia. I would have students who snuggle the most play this game for 30 minutes at least 2 times a week. On iPad that are hopefully provided in class and encourage parents to download this app to help their children at home as well.

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                                    App #2

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ABC Mouse
Price: Free

Grade level: Pre-K, K

Skill: Phonics, Spelling
Rating: 5 stars

This is a well know app that can help children who are beginning to read and understand letters. Because phonemic awareness is taught in the earlier years, this app can help children learn to read using books, puzzles, games and much more. This website can also be found in the on the app store and online making it easy access to children. I would have students who are struggling use this website during free time so that they can become comfortable with letters.

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ABCmouse.com helps kids learn to read through phonics, and teaches lessons in math, social studies, art, music, and much more! For kids ages 2 to 8.

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                                   App #3

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Blending Board
Price: Free

Grade level: K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th and above

Skill: Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities, Phonics

Rating:

Blending is a tool to use during phonemic awareness. Using this skill can help improve children's recognition of sounds and putting words together based on sound. The can understand new ways of learning how sounds work. This all helps children to practice decoding simple words and multisyllabic words. I would have cHildren use this app at home because it is free. Giving parents subjections to teaching their children phonemic awareness at home

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Wonster Words

Price: Free

Grade level: Pre-K, K

Skill: Phonics

Spelling with ABC and Phonics uses entertaining, silly videos to introduce young readers to pattern words and word families by having them match letters to their outlines to spell the words on the list. Each list contains eight words that have the same ending pattern or a matching phonic element such as th, sh or ch sounds. This app can help children introduce them to rhyming worths and the th, sh, and ch sounds. This is something that I would have children

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Wonsters Words: Spelling with Phonics!

Is your child learning ABC? Is your kid sounding out words with phonics? Does your kid like silly videos? If so, download FREE today!

Help your kid learn phonics and grow his vocabulary! By playing with silly letter ghosts and hilarious wonsters, Wonster Words will help your kid learn how to spell and sound out new words by learning: phonics, consonant blends, word families, diphthongs, digrahs, and more. Kids will have a blast putting together words through interactive spelling puzzles, letter hide-and-seek, and other engaging mini-games.

Once the words are completed, your child will enjoy cute animations head-lined by the lovable wonsters. These animations will further reinforce the meaning of the words that he had just learnt. Before you know it, your child will be spelling and sounding out words like a champ!

Wonster Words has won numerous awards, including Children's Technology Review, Parent's Choice, NAPPA, and others. It comes with many free words, along with FREE daily "words of the day"! More words are available through parent-gated in-app-purchase.

Features

★ Help kids spell new words using phonics, word families, digraphs, and more.
★ Fun mini-games for many repeat plays
★ Silly animations that reinforce the definition of words in a fun and engaging way
★ Wonster Words encourages kids to engage and explore, with no scoring, quizzing, limits, or stress.

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Wonster Words: Spelling with ABC and phonics

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Wonsters Words: Spelling with Phonics! Is your child learning ABC? Is your kid sounding out words with phonics? Does your kid like silly videos? If so, download FREE today! Help your kid learn phonics and grow his vocabulary!

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                        Phonemic Awareness Rubric 

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When working on Phonemic Awareness I will be using a rubric to see where the student are in the beginning, middle and end of the school year, This will help me see how are the children progressed and will give me the opportunity to track the students improvement. This is a strategy that I will be using to make sure that all children are given the proper help when in school.

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                            Rhyming Worksheets 

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                            Rhyming Worksheets 

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Phonemic Awareness is related to rhyming and making sure that children understand how to substitute word. Using a rhyming worksheet during class when learning how to pronounce words can help children better recognize sounds. This can help all types of learners gain a better understanding of how word sounds work.

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These kindergarten phonics worksheets are good for first graders, too, or any early learner who needs practice identifying rhyming words.

The first page features words with short vowel sounds. The second one contains words with long vowel sounds. The formats are different on each page. Use the links to get your printable pages.

Rhyme Time 1 - Short Vowel Sounds

To complete this activity students will say the name of the first picture in each row, trace the word, find another picture in the same row that rhymes with the first picture, and then color all the pictures. This is FUN phonics practice!
Printable worksheet
Rhyme Time 2 - Long Vowel Sounds

Teaching tip: Be sure to include a variety of experiences for your early learners. Phonics can best be learned through hearing, reading and writing. Teach words in context, and use new words over and over again. Use oral lessons, books, worksheets and games.

More Free Kindergarten Phonics Worksheets:

Free Phonics Printables - 2 super-simple worksheets for beginners, featuring the letters b, c, d, f, g, and h as initial consonants.

Phonics Worksheet - Here's more practice with initial consonants, this time with the letters j, k and l.

Crazy Quilt - Students will practice the letters p, q, and r as initial sounds, then color a quilt!

Start the Picture and Winter Fun - 2 worksheets for more practice with beginning consonants and consonant blends

Lots of Leaves! - Students will discern long and short vowel phonics sounds as they complete this appealing page.

ABC Phonics Poem - A fun and funny way to learn about initial sounds! A poem your early learners are sure to love. Inspire them to write their own and draw some fun pictures.

Alphabet Phonics Booklet - Students customize their own pages in this A to Z phonics activity.

Phonics Flashcards - 26 printable cards with letters and pictures, plus ideas for using them

Try Some Free Phonics Games, Too!

Letter Lane - A phomenic awareness board game that features beginning consonant sounds for the letters b,d,f and m.

Fun Preschool Phonics Games - 3 simple adaptations of familiar formats with a phonics twist.

Picture This Phonic Game - We think your early learners will enjoy this activity featuring short vowel words. Which player can cover the most pictures?

Picture Perfect Game - More engaging pictures on this game board, featuring long vowel words. Fun for everyone!

Sight Word Games and Activities - Help your students gain reading fluency with these great ways to master words kids need to know without using phonics.

In addition to kindergarten phonics worksheets, you may also want to use some of these resources for your early learners:

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These kindergarten phonics worksheets are good for first graders, too, or any early learner who needs practice identifying rhyming words. The first page features words with short vowel sounds. The second one contains words with long vowel sounds. The formats are different on each page. Use the links to get your printable pages.

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                        Similar Sounds Worksheet

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                        Similar Sounds Worksheet

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Phonemes worksheets will also be used in the classroom to help students better understand the sound that each word makes. This can help all students learn to sound out words and know the sound of each letter. This can be very beneficial to ELL students. I would use this in a kindergarten or first grade class so that students can start recognizing word sounds. This worksheet is also helpful for getting to know syllables.

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                           Reading Rhyming Books 

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr/ Eric Catle)
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)

Reading to children can help them hear rhyming words and the sound of each letter. When reading these book I would sop constantly and ask children if they can name any rhyming words to help children hear each sound. I would strongly encourage parents to read to their children every night so have them read at least one page so that children could practice sounding out words. This would be beneficial for all students.

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                         Learning ABCs and Sounds 

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                         Learning ABCs and Sounds 

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The first step in learning the sound of letters is learning the letters themselves. I would play this video at the beginning of each class so that children can begin to recognize sounds and letters. Ive come to realized that listening to a song over and over again is the best way to learn that song. This can help children recognized which sound belongs to each letter. This could be beneficial to all students learning the phonemes of each letter.

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ABC Phonics Song with Sounds for Children - Alphabet Song with Two Words for Each Letter

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                                 Red Apple Reading 

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I have heard great things about this website.
Key Points

Teaches phonics, phonemic awareness, sight words, vocabulary, fluency, and reading comprehension

Children watch videos, play games, and learn at their own pace with over 100 hours of game-based learning

Proven research-based practices developed by education experts

A positive learning experience with reward system sets the stage for reading achievement and confidence

This can help all students better gain knowledge about phonemes.

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Online Educational Reading Software for Children - Red Apple Reading

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Unlock the world of reading for your child

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                                 Flash Cards 

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Flash cards are a great way to practice at home the sounds of letters and can help parents get involved in their children's education. This can be beneficial for all student because they can practice there sounds everyday in a simple and quick way. Flashcards are and effective way for learning pretty much everything.

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Use our phonics flash cards to supplement your current literacy program. Flash cards offer quick, easy practice even when you have just a few spare minutes. Kids can quiz each other, and parents can quiz their children.

These free cards are great to use both in the classroom and at home. See our ideas on using the flash cards below the images.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy L.K.2c*
Printable Phonics Flash Cards

Here are snapshots of our flash cards. The printable file contains the entire set of letters and pictures, from A to Z. The images are whimsical, kid-friendly pictures that everyone will enjoy!

*Find more activities aligned to the Common Core State Standards here.

Ideas for Using These Flash Cards

Show one card at a time to your entire class. Say the name of the picture with the students. Emphasize the sound of the beginning letter.

Ask students to name more words that begin with the same letter.Be ready to add several familiar words of your own.

Print one set of cards per student. Ask students to cut apart their own set of cards and place them in resealable bags. Tell the students to take their cards home and read the pictures and letters with family members.

Print an extra set of cards. Remove the letters by cutting away that part of each card. Ask students to name the first letter for each picture.

Ask small groups of students to make their own similar sets of flash cards to share in your center.

More Phonics Resources

ABC Phonics Poem - Laugh while you learn! Kids will enjoy this whimsical poem featuring beginning sounds. We've included lots of ways to use it, too.

Picture This Phonic Game - We think your early learners will enjoy this activity featuring short vowel words. Which player can cover the most pictures?

Picture Perfect Game - More engaging pictures on this game board, featuring long vowel words. Fun for everyone!

Check out our entire assortment of free Phonics Worksheets. We have worksheets that feature consonants, and others that feature vowel sounds, both long and short. Lots of Leaves is a popular page that ask kids to find the words with long vowel sounds.

More Free Flash Cards

Here at Spelling Words Well, we also carry more sets of helpful flash cards for your beginning readers, including these sets of sight words from the Dolch List:

We also have Printable flash cards for Fry's First 100 Word.

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Phonics Flash Cards and Fun Ideas for Using Them Effectively!

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Use our phonics flash cards to supplement your current literacy program. Flash cards offer quick, easy practice even when you have just a few spare minutes. Kids can quiz each other, and parents can quiz their children. These free cards are great to use both in the classroom and at home.

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                              Classroom Activities 

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An activity that I would do during my classroom would be asking children to pronounce the sound of a letter when entering the classroom. For example I would show the student a picture of a dog and ask them, "what is the sound of the first letter?" if they get it right then they can go in if not then they have to go inside and practice pronouncing the word. This can help students want to practice their pronunciation so they get the answer correctly. This can also help me see where the students are at in the learning and see who I need to focus on more.

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Using magnetic letter to make it fun for the students. Instead of just learning and learning, I want to make it fun for the students and I know that children love using white board of magnetic letters. I could ask a child to come up and put the letter that makes the "L" sound on the board and so on. I think this would encourage students to participate and interact with the class as well as learn the sounds of words. I could also teach them rhyming and much more.

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                                   Working with ELLs

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                                   Working with ELLs

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Working with ELL students is different because they have a different way of learning things especially English. Having your own plan on working with those students can help better their understanding and knowledge of letters and word sounds. This website has great ways to support those ELLs.

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A student's level of phonemic awareness when they enter kindergarten is a strong predictor of how easy it will be for them to learn how to read. All students in preschool and many in the primary grades are learning phonemic awareness skills. Teaching phonemic awareness skills to young ELLs is similar to their native English peers. Older ELLs may also benefit from short and targeted instruction and practice with the sounds of English.

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to identify and manipulate phonemes in spoken words. It is also the understanding that the sounds of spoken language work together to make words ( Reading Rockets.) Phonemic awareness activities are done without letters so that the focus is on sounds.

Components of Phonemic Awareness

Isolation

What is the beginning, middle, ending sound in cat?

Identification

Which word had the same beginning sound as cat? Dog, bug, cut (cut)

Categorization

Which word does not start with the same beginning sound, it does not belong? blue, black, red (red)

Blending

Put the sounds together to make a word. /c/ /a/ /t/ is cat. If a student struggle with blending each sound give them the initial sound (onset) and the rest of the sounds (rime) /c/ /at/.

A simple activity is to play a guessing game with students. Segment a word /t/ /r/ /e/. Students say the word and then look around and try and find it. This helps ELLs build their vocabulary as they are practicing sounds.

Segmenting

Say the sounds you hear in the word cat /c/ /a/ /t/. One way to help students with this task is to give blocks for them to move with each sound or tap their finger for each sound.

Deletion

Have students remove a sound to create a new word. Say blog. Now say blog without the /b/ log.

Addition

Have students add a sound to create a new word. Say at. Now say at and add /s/ to the beginning sat.

Substitution

Say mat. Change the /m/ to /r/. What is the new word? (rat)

Exposure to the Sounds of English

You can help ELLs strengthen their knowledge of the sounds of the English language through read alouds, songs, poems, and other word games. Choral reading is also helpful as it gives students practice pronouncing English words without the stress of people hearing if they mispronounce a word.

Focus on Sounds that are Different

Especially for older Ells, it is helpful to focus on the sounds that are different between English and their native language. Phonological awareness skills transfer from one language to another. If a student is literate in their native language then they only require instruction in sounds that are different.
English and Spanish similarities and differences
Use Pictures

ELLs need to understand the vocabulary words that are being used for a phonemic awareness lesson. Using pictures is a simple way to help students both learn new sounds and vocabulary.

Older Students

For older ELLs photographs are one way to keep instruction age-appropriate. Students can work on completing a picture alphabet book. Use magazines, teacher provided pictures and student drawings that connect to the content that students are learning. Students can sort the pictures based on the beginning sounds.

Resources

Phonemic Awareness Bundle - This set includes print and digital phonemic awareness games with pictures and rhyming puzzles.

A Fresh Look at Phonics
https://www.readnaturally.com/research/5-components-of-reading/phonological-awareness

The Big Five: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Part 2

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Phonemic Awareness with ELLs - A World of Language Learners

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Learn ideas for teaching phonemic awareness skills to English Langauge Learners. For ELLs it is important to give instruction...

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                     Practicing Short and Long Vowels

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                     Practicing Short and Long Vowels

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Starting off with vowels when learning the sounds of letters is the easiest way to start because they get to understand why vowels are so important in learning how to pronounce the consonants. Giving them worksheets after a lesson on short and long vowels will help them better understand the pronunciation of letters.

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Long and Short Vowels

On this phonics sounds worksheet, students are asked to identify the words with long vowel sounds. Then they'll color those leaves and write those words on the tree. Fun, right?

Use the links at the bottom of the page to find more phonics printables at varying levels of difficulty, or view our entire collection.

Lots of Leaves
Printable Phonics Worksheet
Teaching tip: Be sure to include a variety of experiences for your early learners. Phonics can best be learned through hearing, reading and writing. Teach words in context, and use new words over and over again. Use oral lessons, books, worksheets and games.

More Phonics Sounds Resources

Give your students more practice learning letter sounds using these free resources from Spelling Words Well:

ABC Phonics Sounds Poem - A fun and funny way to learn about initial sounds!

Phonics Flash Cards - A free printable set for the entire alphabet

Picture Perfect! - Here's a fun printable phonics game in which children identify long vowel words.

Picture This Phonic Game - We think your early learners will enjoy this activity featuring short vowel words. Which player can cover the most pictures?

Preschool Computer Game: Let your child sound out 3 words in each group, decide the first letter of all the words in the set, then click the big button to check his answer!

Which One and Alphabetical Objects: Two free preschool activities that you can do with your child around the house, in the car, or in the classroom. The only supplies required are a few everyday items.

Letter Lane - A phomenic awareness board game that features beginning consonant sounds for the letters b,d,f and m. No reading is necessary.

Phonics Worksheets

Phonics Printables - 2 super-simple worksheets for beginners, featuring the letters b, c, d, f, g, and h as initial consonants

Fit for a King Worksheet - Another great worksheet that provides practice with initial consonants. This one features the letters j, k and l.

Note This! - Super-fun page to color and practice words that begin with two sometimes confusing letters, m and n.
See the entire collection!
As your students grow in their learning, please remember to keep coming back to Spelling Words Well! We have a huge assortment of spelling resources for grades preK through adults.

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On this phonics sounds worksheet, students are asked to identify the words with long vowel sounds. Then they'll color those leaves and write those words on the tree. Fun, right? Use the links at the bottom of the page to find more phonics printables at varying levels of difficulty, or view our entire collection.