Essential Components of Reading by Jacqueline Silva

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Classroom Activity for Phonemic Awareness

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:12:51 UTC

In preschool and kindergarten, phonemic awareness is beginning to develop, to help encourage this development in all learners, teachers can plan activities that strengthen the phonemic awareness skills of the children in their class. One such activity is phonemic segmentation. This activity would be done in a small group. The teacher will give each child a few small manipulatives, and show them moving them while counting, then the teacher will say a word with three sounds, such as cat, dog, man, etc. She will then ask each student to "sound out" and segment the word into its phonemes. The children will touch their manipulatives while they say "/k/ /a/ /t/." This activity can be augmented to support children at various developmental levels by using the hand signals from "Zoophonics" or starting with single sounds for a child. Learners who are at a more advanced level can do longer words or blended sounds.

Source: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness: In Practice | Reading Rockets. Retrieved Nov 3, 2024, from https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101/reading-101-learning-modules/course-modules/phonological-and-phonemic-awareness/practice

Resources for Families (Phonemic Awareness)

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https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/big5-strategies-parents-families-phonological-awareness-eng.pdf

This pamphlet helps parents of children from babyhood through to preschool understand and support the development of phonological and phonemic awareness.

For students in my care, I will send home packets with the phonemic awareness theme of the week, with suggestions on how to play with the sound at home and encourage learning, such as reading a book with that sound in it a lot, this packet would also have pictures in it that have the phoneme in them, this would support students with special needs by providing multiple means of engagement and helping families understand how to help them.

Phonemic Awareness Video

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:14:06 UTC

Source: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness: Introduction | Reading Rockets. Retrieved Nov 3, 2024, from https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101/reading-101-learning-modules/course-modules/phonological-and-phonemic-awareness

Phonics Video

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:14:22 UTC

Source: Basics: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness | Reading Rockets. Retrieved Nov 3, 2024, from https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101/reading-and-writing-basics/phonological-and-phonemic-awareness

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:16:43 UTC

Classroom Activity for Phonics

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:17:09 UTC

Zoophonics is a wonderful resource with many activities to help young learners learn phonics. This series of learning activities includes pairing a sound with a letter and a hand motion, providing multi-sensory learning. This is appropriate for learners of all ability levels because it is fun even for those who are not yet ready to understand it, and it can get much more intricate for gifted learners. They also have portions that are specifically targeted for children with special needs or English Language Learners.

Source: https://zoo-phonics.com/

Resources for Families (Phonics)

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:17:34 UTC

One great resource for phonics at home is books specifically targeting phonics, such as alphabet books. Parents can help children of all ages and abilities begin to learn phonics by reading these books together and emphasizing the letters and sounds.

https://www.latinoliteracy.com/family-phonics-parent-engagement/

This website is a great resource for families who speak Spanish to learn English phonics.

Fluency Video

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Source: International Literacy Association. (2018). Reading fluently does not mean reading fast [Literacy leadership brief]. Newark, DE: Author

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Classroom Activity for Fluency

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:18:28 UTC

A great classroom activity for fluency for young children is to work on sight words. Sight words help children require less active decoding by memorizing words that may be hard to decode or that they will see frequently when learning to read. This is appropriate for kindergarten students of all ability levels because practicing sight words can be done in a very fun way. There are songs and games that can be done with sight words that will make it fun for kids who may not quite understand it while providing extension activities for children who may be more advanced.

Resources for Families (Fluency)

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-03 22:18:48 UTC

The best thing a family can do to develop fluency in young learners is to read aloud with them. While reading, follow along the words with your finger. You may choose to stop at an individual word here and there and see if your child knows what that word is - this works best with a well known book that you have read many times before.

A great resource for parents and children experiencing homelessness is the local public library. The library is a safe and warm place to spend time. Library cards are free in most places, and they have any book you could want. This supports learners of all levels because you can find many levels of books in the library.

Vocabulary Video

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:15:50 UTC

Source: Vocabulary: Introduction | Reading Rockets. Retrieved Nov 10, 2024, from https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101/reading-101-learning-modules/course-modules/vocabulary

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:16:24 UTC

Classroom Activity for Vocabulary

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:16:46 UTC

Instructional routines are great for building vocabulary, when explicitly teaching vocabulary, when you come across a word in a text students may not know, you must teach it to them. A good instructional routine for this would be:

-Introduce the word

-Define the word in a kid-friendly way

-Give examples

-Check for comprehension

-Review

Source: Archer, A., & Hughes, C. (2024, Explicit Instructions | Effective and Efficient Teaching » 7. Vocabulary Instruction – K. Explicit Instruction. Retrieved Nov 9, 2024, from https://explicitinstruction.org/video-elementary/elementary-video-7/

Resources for Families (Vocabulary)

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:17:05 UTC

One of the best things families can do to build their children's vocabulary is just to talk to them! Even little babies benefit from their grown-ups simply narrating their activities. As children get older, we can define words for them while reading, take turns describing things, and even have a child write down a word they hear on TV that they do not know and look it up together afterward. Most of these strategies are accessible to all families, including those with language barriers; one way this could apply would be to find a word the child does not know in their home language and to translate it to English after looking it up!

Source: Madalyn, M. (2023, -12-31T06:00:36+00:00). 4 Vocabulary Development Activities for Families at All Ages. Parent Powered. Retrieved Nov 9, 2024, from https://parentpowered.com/blog/science-of-reading/vocabulary-development/

Reading Rockets also has some great resources for families: https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents/reading-basics/vocabulary

Comprehension Video

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:17:24 UTC

Source: Reading 101 for Parents: Comprehension | Reading Rockets. ReadingRockets.org. Retrieved Nov 9, 2024, from https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents/reading-basics/comprehension

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:17:47 UTC

Classroom Activity for Comprehension

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:18:05 UTC

My favorite classroom strategy for comprehension is retelling! In preschool and kindergarten settings, I love to provide props or felt board pieces that accompany the story and encourage the children to tell me the story. The props help them remember the main characters and setting while allowing them the freedom to play with the story a little bit. I will ask questions that lead them to recall the story as well.

A great extension for this activity would be to allow the children to have some free play time with the props and have them make up their own stories about the characters and objects in the story!

Resources for Families (Comprehension)

jackiesilva1993 — 2024-11-10 05:18:20 UTC

A great comprehension strategy for families is to read books together and then take turns summarizing the story or retelling it one sentence at a time with your child. You can take turns adding more and more detail to what the story is about; make it fun! This can also be a great time to play and bond with your child.

A great resource with many reading comprehension ideas in both English and Spanish can be found here: https://www.startwithabook.org/parent-tips-reading-writing-and-learning

Home Reading Helper - Website

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"Teach Me To Read" - Book

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Reading Made Delicious - Podcast

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International Dyslexia Association

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Reading Rockets - Tips for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities

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