Phonemic Awareness Assessments and Quick Lessons
Program Description
If you’ve got a great systematic phonics program, but need to integrate quick and effective phonemic awareness practice, check out the Phonemic Awareness Toolkit. The toolkit is a slice of The Science of Reading Intervention Program.
This digital download (eBook) provides both the whole class and small group instructional resources that classroom teachers, reading intervention teachers, EL/ELD teachers, and special education teachers need to teach phonemic awareness to older students grades 4-adult. So often older students struggle learning to read and spell because of phonemic awareness deficiencies.
"There is no age where a student is 'too old' for phonemic awareness training‒if the skills have not been mastered, the student should get training" (Kilpatrick, 2016).
The program resources will help you fill the gaps as quickly as possible with 54 no prep, 5-minute oral response phonemic awareness lessons. These whole class bell ringers are coupled with sound wall videos (including catchy speech articulation songs) and Personal Sound Wall desk copies for students to practice proper mouth formation and speech articulation of the phonemes.
Plus, the program includes 5 whole class diagnostic phonemic awareness assessments with audio files to determine if any of your students need second-chance small group instruction. Corresponding small group activities will ensure that every student masters the essentials of phonemic awareness: counting, categorizing, rhyming, blending, segmenting, and manipulating (adding, deleting, and substituting).
Additionally, the toolkit provides complete sets of phoneme-grapheme Animal Cards for games and a class sound wall.
Want to try before you buy? Click this link to download the entire watermarked program: The Phonemic Awareness Toolkit
FAQ
Questions teachers ask
Are older students too old for phonemic awareness work?
The program is written for grades 4 through adult and cites Kilpatrick (2016) that there is no age at which a student is too old for phonemic awareness training if the skills have not been mastered.
How long are the lessons?
There are 54 no prep, five-minute oral response phonemic awareness lessons designed as whole class bell ringers.
How do I know which students need small group help?
The program includes five whole class diagnostic phonemic awareness assessments with audio files to identify students who need second-chance small group instruction, plus corresponding small group activities.
Which phonemic awareness skills are covered?
Counting, categorizing, rhyming, blending, segmenting, and manipulating, which includes adding, deleting, and substituting phonemes.
Does it replace my phonics program?
No. It is written for teachers who already have a systematic phonics program and need to integrate quick phonemic awareness practice. The toolkit is a slice of The Science of Reading Intervention Program.
What else comes with it?
Sound wall videos with speech articulation songs, Personal Sound Wall desk copies for practicing mouth formation and articulation, and complete sets of phoneme-grapheme Animal Cards for games and a class sound wall. You can download the entire watermarked program to try before you buy.
