https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi Ch. 8 en-us 2021-04-15 02:59:07 UTC 2026-03-17 02:28:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1419395735 Alphabetics refers to how the letters of the alphabet relate to the sounds of the language, which involves being aware of the sounds that make up spoken words (phonemics) as well as how those sounds related to letters (phonics).  Phonemic awareness instruction focuses on the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate those sounds. Phonics instruction helps readers learn how the letters of written language map to the sounds of spoken language, or decoding.]]> 2021-04-15 03:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1419395735 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423032368 -Phonemic awareness can be developed through a number of activities that involve discriminating, categorizing, blending, deleting, adding, or substituting phonemes, as well as segmenting words.
- Children are typically taught phonemic awareness by learning the correspondence between phonemes and letters of the alphabet.
-  Effective instruction involves a focus on only one or two of the above mentioned activities at a time.
-Phonics can be taught through various methods which include synthetic phonics, analytic phonics, onset-rime phonics, and analogy-based phonics.
-  Challenges for children on the autism spectrum arise when learning this literacy skill because they tend to overgeneralize the rules, causing them to pronounce words oddly.
-  They are also tend to take longer to learn the exceptions to the rules making mastery much slower than typical children.  ]]> 2021-04-15 20:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423032368 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423363050 Vocabulary is the basis of knowing the words needed to communicate effectively, whether speaking and listening or reading and writing. Good readers must know what most of the words in a text mean before they can understand what they have read.]]> 2021-04-15 22:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423363050 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423374657 -  A large oral vocabulary will typically help developing beginning readers make sense of words they see in print.
-  When they sound out words, they match those sounds to the sounds of words they already know, associating the meaning of the word with its written form.
- A barrier for children with ASD is a condition called hyperlexia which is characterized by an intense focus with number and letters, the early and spontaneous ability to read words, and a gap between word-level decoding and comprehension.
-  The fact that the children with ASD can have word fluency can be deceiving because understanding of what is being read is often very poor.
-Another challenge for students with ASD that is related to this literacy skill is their limited oral language exposure due to limited socialization and/or restricted and repetitive interests, their vocabulary is sometimes only focus on their areas of interest.

]]> 2021-04-15 23:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423374657 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423627677 Text comprehension is the most complex of the literacy skills.  Good readers are able to think intentionally about what they are reading so that they can construct meaning by making a connection and relating what they read to what they. ]]> 2021-04-16 01:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423627677 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423651046 -  The goal of readers is to understand what they read and then put that understanding to use through an active process for learning, finding information, or entertainment.  
-  There are several specific cognitive strategies that can help struggling readers; however,  most are not well suited for readers with ASD unless the students are taught explicitly how to apply them.
-  Strategies that have been found to help include the use of graphic and semantic organizers, explicit analysis of story structures, and the use of multiple strategies flexibly and in response to the needs of the reader with ASD.
- Students with ASD struggle to create an organizational structure and schema for connecting words and sentences to create a global understanding.
-  The ability to shift attention from word to the sentence level as well as memory capacity can be a challenge for children with ASD..  ]]> 2021-04-16 01:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423651046 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423928348 Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression.  Fluency allows a student to read a text aloud with little effort making their reading sound like spontaneously generated natural speech, both expressive and meaningful.]]> 2021-04-16 03:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423928348 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423932750 -  Fluent readers are able to hold previously recognized words in memory while continuing to read and they understand each word as it is read.
-  This skill allows them to link the words they read together to create meaningful phrases before they speak them.
-  Fluency allows the reader to focus their attention on the meaning of the text, allowing them to make connections to and between the ideas in the text.
-  Reading aloud is the best way to develop fluency.
-  Readers who have not developed fluency read slowly, word by word.
-  Dysfluent readers struggle to integrate the word they read into meaningful phrases because their cognitive resources are focused on sounding out each word.]]> 2021-04-16 03:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1423932750 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428425351 2021-04-17 16:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428425351 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428427933 This app is designed to develop students' phonemic awareness by focusing on vowel sounds and consonant blends through exercises that require students to listen to two non-words and identify what changes between the two words.  It also helps to develop segmentation and blending skills.  Students develop the core foundational skills that make up phonemic awareness by identifying the type of change that occurred including identifying the sound that changed through substitutions, omissions, or switching letters.  The app is suitable for all ages but is particularly useful for emerging or struggling readers.  Additionally, parents and teachers can monitor student progress and pinpoint weaker areas by looking at the results for each skill type.  Best of all, it is free.  This app can be particularly useful for older students who are still struggling with phonemic awareness because it has a game-like set up which could be appealing to them. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428427933 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428435338 Lively Letters is an app that targets phonemic awareness, phonics and speech production in an engaging way.  It focuses more on teaching than just drilling, using proven strategies such as memory tricks, mouth and hand cues, humorous stories, colorful pictures of characters embedded into letter, and songs.  This multisensory structured approach is geared to students of all ages and abilities.  The app includes progress monitoring and three activities; Flashing, Tracking, and Matching.  ]]> 2021-04-17 16:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428435338 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428438809 Starfall's ABC section teachers letter-sound relationships by providing a fun and engaging focus on each letter of the alphabet.  The explicit instruction is effective in kindergarten and with students in special education when combined with exercises in phonemic awareness.  This resource could be a great way to introduce a letter of the day or week to a whole class.  Students can view the pictures and animations  while the teacher demonstrates the activities or calls on volunteers to complete them.  Students can also work individually on teacher-assigned or self-chosen letters.  ]]> 2021-04-17 16:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428438809 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428442225 ABC Pocket Phonics is a phonics based application that combines letter sounds, letter writing, and 170 first words to help teach reading.  It is split in to 12 groups of letter sounds, each group is followed by a set of storybooks that use those letter sounds.  Students read storybooks that are on the right level for them.  Children master the following skills writing letters, recognizing 72 letter sounds, blending letter sounds together to make words, and hearing a word and selecting its written form.

]]> 2021-04-17 16:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428442225 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428447695 2021-04-17 16:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428447695 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428449540 Helping students with ASD develop breath and depth of vocabulary depends on building connections between words and meaning. Emotionary is a unique dictionary app which guides users through five primary emotions to find the right category of feeling, with all definitions pared back to the essentials and displayed so they can be easily compared.  This app gives students with ASD the words to express themselves effectively by developing a rich vocabulary of emotions. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428449540 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428452800 Graphic organizers and visual displays are good tools that can highlights the relationship between words.  EdWordle is a  website that allows students to create word clouds based on the frequency of words in a particular text.  It can lead students to think about the meaning, importance, and relationship of words as they analyze, create, and publish Wordles.]]> 2021-04-17 16:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428452800 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428456394 Smories are stories written for children ages 4 to 8, read aloud by children and then filmed and posted to the website.  The idea behind Smories is to provide children with a place to see other children reading stories and be inspired to practice reading aloud.  The benefits for children with ASD is being exposed to other children who use appropriate emotion  and inflection while reading.  Teachers can use Smories to teach emotion recognition, word intonation/inflection appropriate to the meaning of the written word. ]]> 2021-04-17 16:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428456394 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428461221 Autism iHelp-Comprehension is a vocabulary teaching app targeting receptive language skills using real life photographs, and requires the child to follow written or verbal instructions.  ]]> 2021-04-17 16:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428461221 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428471793 2021-04-17 16:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428471793 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428472692 Vooks is a collection of animated storybooks for kids.  Stories come to life as children are immersed in the plot, characters, and hear the narration and sound effects while still being able to read.  Lesson plans are accessible to parents and teachers to extend the learning beyond each storybook.  They provide themes, summaries, talking points, discussion topics, activity ideas, and vocabulary cards.]]> 2021-04-17 16:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428472692 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428474845 PlayTales interactive books provides stories designed to education and inspire young readers with features that help readers with ASD make connections with text and better understand what they read.  Features allow personalization of stories by adding photos of the child, making him/her the star of their favorite story.  Highlighted text makes reading easier as words are individually highlighted as the child reads them, helping with recognition.  Additionally, three reading options are available: Read to Me, Read By Myself, and Autoplay.]]> 2021-04-17 16:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428474845 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428477240 Kidspiration allows students to visually display and organize thoughts and ideas across various disciplines through the use of visual maps, written outlines, word webs, and various other formats.  These tools are especially helpful for reinforcing organizational strategies that will help students with ASD with text comprehension.]]> 2021-04-17 16:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428477240 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428479717 StoryPals is a reading comprehension app that lets children create their own stories.  There are 24 short stories that target kids on reading levels from grades 2 to 6.  Students can hear the stories read to them or read them themselves.  Each story has a quiz attached, so teachers or parents can assign and track responses.  Questions center on who, what, where, when, and why a good strategy for improving literacy for students with ASD.]]> 2021-04-17 16:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428479717 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428482681 2021-04-17 17:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428482681 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428483426 Pictello is an interactive storytelling app that lets students make virtual storybooks with their own titles, phots, videos, and captions.  It can be especially useful for students with ASD who have difficulty understanding social cues, reading facial expressions, and interpreting body language.  Video modeling tools can improve fluency through social engagement and by customizing digital stories from a child's environment engagement will increase. 

]]> 2021-04-17 17:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428483426 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428485473 Kid in Story Book Maker is a storytelling app designed for easy-to-make personalized stories that can help boost social skills while developing fluency.  Students can create their own stories using pictures of themselves.  The benefit of creating social stories for student with ASD is that they allow them to see themselves in different situations before they encounter them, which can help ease anxiety.  Engagement is also benefit to increase the student's desire to read, which can help develop fluency.]]> 2021-04-17 17:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428485473 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428487803 Literably is a simple and useful reading fluency assessment tool that can provide concrete feedback about a student's reading ability.  It can provided a way for teachers or parents to assess progress in reading accuracy, expression, and speed.  They student can cycle through and record different activities and Literably will automatically score the student's reading. It is recommended that teachers or parents look in detail at the results and listen to the student's audio to spot-check accuracy and fidelity.

]]> 2021-04-17 17:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428487803 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428517833 This video shares reasons for the importance of making connections when reading and how this strategy can help students improve their reading comprehension.]]> 2021-04-17 17:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428517833 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428523427 A list of strategies is provided to help students who are struggling readers become fluent readers.]]> 2021-04-17 17:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428523427 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428541802 2021-04-17 17:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428541802 adriana_lopez5 https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428548092 Easy research-proven methods for teaching vocabulary to children with learning disabilities through direct vocabulary instruction tailed to their needs.]]> 2021-04-17 17:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adriana_lopez5/rg6bmgoly9tka2pi/wish/1428548092