Phonological Awareness WHY? The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness (Adams, 1990). Many studies have established that phonemic awareness (the ability to identify the individual sounds in words) and phonics (the representation of those sounds with letters) are essential for skilled reading (Adams, 1994; Ehri, 2004; Torgesen et al., 2001). Free Assessments: MLPP – Literacy Beginnings Assessment for Reading Rhyme Rhyme Choice Fountas and Pinnell Instruction Syllables and Supply (2011) McKenna and Stahl (2015) Alliteration Segmenting Initial Sounds Tests of Phonological Segmenting Blending p. 222 Awareness p.102-104 Beginning/Ending Onset and Rime Rhyming Hearing and Sounds Words p. 223 Recording Sounds p. 105-106 Benchmarks: 1st Grade: Hears and counts syllables and changes words by adding, deleting, or substituting phonemes. Kindergarten: Plays with syllables and hears rhyme, onset & rime, segmenting, blending. Pre-Kindergarten: Plays with rhyme and learns the alphabet song. Knowledge of Alphabet WHY?
Phonological Awareness WHY? The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness (Adams, 1990). Many studies have established that phonemic awareness (the ability to identify the individual sounds in words) and phonics (the representation of those sounds with letters) are essential for skilled reading (Adams, 1994; Ehri, 2004; Torgesen et al., 2001). Free Assessments: Rhyme Syllables Alliteration Segmenting Beginning/Ending Sounds MLPP – Rhyme Choice and Supply Segmenting Blending Onset and Rime Literacy Beginnings Fountas and Pinnell (2011) Initial Sounds p. 222 Rhyming Words p. 223 Assessment for Reading Instruction McKenna and Stahl (2015) Tests of Phonological Awareness p.102-104 Hearing and Recording Sounds p. 105-106 Benchmarks: 1st Grade: Hears and counts syllables and changes words by adding, deleting, or substituting phonemes. Kindergarten: Plays with syllables and hears rhyme, onset & rime, segmenting, blending. Pre-Kindergarten: Plays with rhyme and learns the alphabet song. Knowledge of Alphabet WHY?