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| What is Phonemic Awareness? |
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| Acknoledgement of Sounds in Words-Children are aware that words rhyme or have the same sounds (like cat and bat). Students should notice differences with eyes closed. |
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| Phonics is the connection between sounds and letters written on a page. Students sound out each letter in a word. |
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| This means the reader can ascribe meaning to text. Includes paraphrasing, fix-up strategies, mental images, and other reading strategies. |
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| The ability to read in the same manner as speaking. Fluency makes comprehension easier. |
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| The tie between oral and written language. Students realize there is a link between the words they say and the words they read. |
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| What is independent reading? |
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| Students choose books that are at their reading levels by themselves. |
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| Teachers work with small groups of students to help with reading problems. |
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| What is whole group reading. |
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| Teacher leads the entire class in reading the same text and incorporates activities to help readers. |
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| Name some strategies for promoting awareness of the relationship between spoken and written language. |
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-Write down what children say on chart.
-Highlight the meaning of posters and products in class
-practice how to turn pages, find tops and bottoms of pages, parts of a book
-Have children echo chorus words from a story book. |
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| Name some ways you can use environmental print to develop print awareness. |
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Bring in collages of labels and alphabetically arrange symbols in a book.
-supermarket circulars/newspapers.
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| Name some book handling skills. |
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-have students identify front, back cover and title page.
-Model storytelling by holding the book so that the audience can see.
-Discuss additional parts of a book. |
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| how can you promot the ability to track print in connected texts |
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model directionality for students on a chart and choose a student to point to words as class reads aloud.
-copy a rhyme and post it in the room at the childs eye level for them to read independently.
-Copy a rhyme on word cards and have students reassemble sentences on a pocket chart
-create sing song repetitions for using capitals, periods, commas, etc. |
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| how do you promote letter knowledge and letter formation? |
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-tale trail game-have students circle certain letters in a story.
-use names-cut them up and reassemble.
-pass out word cards with targeted letter on them and ask children to come up and display answers about the letters (words starting with r, ending with r, etc.) |
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| At what age can children begin to use phonics to understand the connections between letters, patterns, and vowel sounds? |
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| Students may see the word cat, but then they may break it down to its letter components and sound out each letter of the word. |
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| What is phonological awareness? |
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| similar to phonemic awareness-students recognize the sound of spoken language including how sounds can be blended, segmented, and rearranged. |
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