Phonological+Awareness

** What it is: **  ** Definition: ** Phonological Awareness is the “Conscious attention to the sounds of spoken language”. This involves paying attention to the sounds letters make in a word rather then the layout of the text. “It is not connected with written language in any direct way” (Mckenna & Stahl 2009).   **Elements:** Conscious attention to the sounds of spoken language, and includes awareness of: phonemes, syllables, onset and rime (Phonological Awareness PowerPoint, 2011).  ** Why is it important: **   This component of literacy is important because there is a correlation between the sounds we hear in words and being able to connect it later with spelling (McKenna & Stahl 2009). Having this component will allow a child to “Separate words into syllables or beats, recognize and generate words that rhyme, recognize and generate words that start or end with the same sound, blending sounds into words, segmenting words into sound, and moving sounds around to create new words” (Phonological Awareness PowerPoint, 2011). After learning the syllables students will be able to decode for reading. Knowing the common sounds in words will allow them to create new words.  ** How they are expected to developed: **   The initial development of this will start with recognition of the sounds and beats that make up syllables in a phoneme. Once these are identified, it will be easy to recognize other sounds that rhyme. One of the most important elements is recognition of a word and how it is produced. It is important to pay particular attention to the phonemes of each letter when listening to a word being spoken. Also, identification of the beginning, middle, and ending sounds that make up a word will take place as children become phonetically aware. After being able to identify the sound parts, children will move towards blending different sounds together to create differing words (Phonological Awareness PowerPoint, 2011).  ** How they can be assessed: **  <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Children can: <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"> · Recognize and generate words. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"> · Break words into syllables. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"> · Blend sounds together in words. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"> · Recognize and generate words that start or end with the same sounds. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"> · Move sounds around to make new words. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">** How they can be taught/instructional strategy: ** <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> Using songs that have rhyming words will be a good way for kids to recognize which words have sounds that rhyme. Also when using rhyming songs, it is good to sometimes leave a word out so that the child can logically think about which word fits with the rhyme. Songs that show the vowel phonemes will help kids learn vowels sounds in a word. Songs like “Old McDonald” and “The Name Game” are good to incorporate. <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">