https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0 My personal graphic toolkit of phonemic awareness resources en-us 2021-05-23 23:01:07 UTC 2025-10-25 22:36:07 UTC hello@padlet.com daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551912971 IXL is a personalized learning app I have the students at my day care use daily. Students pay use this app to focus on building foundational skills in language arts and math. What I love most about IXL is that it first assesses the child then it recommends skill builders based on the child’s areas of weakness. As a teacher, you can make your own recommendations for your students as well, and it will show up on their end. The app breaks down language arts from pre-school to 12th grade and then further breaks down concepts for each grade. The skill builders are also broken down in a coherent and logical manner.  ]]> 2021-05-23 23:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551912971 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551914006 Epic is another great technological tool and app my day care students use daily. The world of Epic does an excellent job of intriguing students with its plethora of book choices. I especially love this app because it also has a read-aloud option which helps my struggling readers. I believe that when students are read to and hear how other’s express the words they read, they gain skills needed to master phonemic awareness and reading those big words on their own. I think that this app is also great for elementary aged school children and auditorial as well as visual learners. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551914006 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551914151 Reading Rockets is my FAVORITE online resource as I believe it does an excellent job of organizing the world reading. On their site one can find lesson plans, activity lists, videos, presentations, and articles surrounding how to best support the developing mind. On this site, teachers can find resources for many types of learners of varying ages. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551914151 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551914643 I think that as a teacher, it is important we add intervention centers into our weekly schedules, instead of leaving it all up to specialist and interventionists. That said, it is important I find solid ideas for helping my students master phonemic awareness. After reviewing this reading rockets lesson, I felt excited to find new ways to help students master short vowels and read whole words. I believe this specific lesson is perfect for 1st grade students and can benefit both the visual and auditorial learner. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551914643 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551915308 IDEAL Education and Consulting, Inc. is an organization focused on global education for inclusion, diversity and equity through accountable leadership in physical therapy and allied healthcare. On their site they have many useful link to activities, ideas, and resources for teachers. One resource I found particularly useful is their educational packet of activities to promote phonemic awareness. It lists such handy ideas for incorporating phonemic awareness opportunities into every aspect of the day from lining up to snack time. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551915308 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551921322 This Playbook I found especially helpful for remembering that while reading intervention and reading strategies are of the upmost importance to incorporate into my instruction, we must also remember to make space for relationship building. I am saving this in my toolkit because I believe all the content on it will come in handy when teaching my future 1st-3rd graders.  ]]> 2021-05-23 23:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551921322 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551922340 I found this playbook card beneficial for understanding how cognitive skills develop in youth, and how authentic assessment can be used in place of traditional testing. With learning to read being such a daunting task, I think it's important I find ways to assess my students in a way that won't hinder their spirits or scare them out of trying to express their though process when learning. This card is a viable resource for teachers teaching all grades as it pertains to how all students develop cognitive skills. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551922340 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551923943 I found this site particularly useful and aesthetically pleasing to navigate through. The site is run by Harvard University and lays out the key concepts of the fundamentals of child development: brain architecture, serve and return, toxic stress, executive function and self-regulation, and resilience. The home page graphics lead to separate videos and resources about the 5 core building blocks of child development. After spending time navigating the different areas of the site, I found useful information about child development that I want to consider when lesson planning. For this reason, I've decided to link this into my tool kit. I believe this site will help me better understand how to motivate and support my students while catering to their emotional needs, such as, safety and inclusion. Then, after I've established a positive relationships with my class, my students will feel confident enough in themselves to tackle difficult phonemic awareness challenges. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551923943 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924201 On this site, one can find 12 activities to promote mind development and thinking in young scholars. While the activities may seem like mere child’s play, the activities can be used to create some exciting learning games to help master phonemic awareness. For example, one of the listed activities is blocks, which, with a little creativity, can be used to master breaking down words into their smallest units of sound. During a center's activity, a teacher can use masking tape to break words down and scramble them on blocks, and then have the student rebuild them. I believe this link will serve my grade range appropriately.  ]]> 2021-05-23 23:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924201 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924521 I love the idea of sound walls and believe it will help my students conquer those tricky high frequency words! Sound walls are organized by speech sounds, are from the students POV, focus on phonemes and articulation, independent, and focus on transfer of skills to multiple words. I think word walls are awesome, but sound walls help students recognize how their mouths feel and look when producing sounds, which in turn helps them connect speech to print. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924521 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924648 In my previous ITL class I took a deeper dive into assessments and their importance in the classroom. As a student, I thought assessments were scary, unfair, and an isolating experience. I believed they were made to make less academic students feel inferior so I hated them. However, as an aspiring teacher, I recognize their importance in the classroom and how to alleviate the fear associated with them. I will definitely be using assessments in my future classrooms and think phonemic awareness assessments will be an especially important tool for me. Using assessments, I can better get to know my students and, in turn, create a better relationship with them because I’ll be better able to help. Phonemic awareness assessments can be created in a way to support every type of learner. As a teacher I can create or find multiple assessments to help my students best express their knowledge. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924648 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924788 I chose to link this activity because I think it is perfect for early elementary school-aged children. Word families charts benefit both students who are mastering and have yet to master phonemic awareness. For students who have yet to master phonemic awareness they serve aanchor charts for remebering their word families. For students who have mastered phonemic awareness, teachers can have them recreate the family charts from memory. This activity serves many types of learners and can be hands-on art project or a simple list-making activity. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924788 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924943 I decided to link this article because, at times, I get lost in the difference between phonological and phonemic awareness, and this page illustrates the differences and connections between the two. The page also provides access to various video series that capture what both these concepts look like in the classroom. I know this site will benefit me as a teacher because I am a visual learner, and get much more out of watching educators teach, then I do trying to visualize the theories they are using. I believe that the more digging I do on teaching phonemic awareness, the more I'll be able to differentiate and individualize instruction for my students. I can save this site and reference it in the future to support my students during their literacy quest. This page is appropriate for elementary school teaching strategies, as well as middle school students. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551924943 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551925093 I believe Jack Hartmann’s music channel is a viable teaching tool for pre-kindergarten to 2nd grade teachers! His music is research-based, and teacher approved to help students conquer early childhood national and state standards. His songs range from simple ABCs ones to more complex ones about vowel teams, phonemes, and common endings. On top of being educational, his videos are also physical! His songs teach students important content all while getting them a chance to dance or exercise. I believe his music channel will engage the visual and kinesthetic learners]]> 2021-05-23 23:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551925093 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551925374 When I think about my strengths as an educator, one of the first things that comes to mind is my ability to connect with students and participate in positive relationship building with each student. Due to my interpersonal skills, I've been able to motivate kids into taking ownership of their learning, and loving it. I use to think it was the fun, garden lessons that excited them, but then I realized a lot of it had to do with how much I wanted to empower them during lessons. I did this by adding choices into many parts of my lessons. I had ideas about what I we could do, but I would ultimately let them run with it. I am a big believer of trusting your students and creating a bond that inspires them to want to learn by giving them choices everyday. I think this article is a great resource for teachers to use when lesson planning so that hard literacy or phonemic awareness concepts become less scary and more fun because of autonomy and choice! ]]> 2021-05-23 23:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551925374 daianabaez1093 https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551976911 When choosing the following links, I stuck to finding ones connected to resources shared with me by previous professor at NU. All of these sites have been suggested by professors or pulled from the National University library and course resources tab. ]]> 2021-05-23 23:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/daianabaez1093/jgkohkz38x0h8cz0/wish/1551976911