Lead Literacy Teacher Professional Development Word Knowledge Phonemic Awareness

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Lead Literacy Teacher Professional
DevelopmentWord KnowledgePhonemic Awareness

• Office of Literacy
• Grades K-3 Reading First Team
• Vaunasha Mosley-Boyd,
• Dennis Belkofer, Kassandra Scott-Ward
• Coordinators

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Purpose

• To deepen the knowledge of Lead Literacy
  Teachers in the instructional area of Phonemic
  Awareness.

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Phonemic AwarenessObservation Teaching Guidebook
K-3

• Open the Observation Guidebook to the section on
  Phonemic Awareness.

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Phonemic Awareness

• Jigsaw Article
• Phonemic Awareness Clarifying What We Know

Chapman, M. (2003). Literacy Teaching and
Learning, 7 1-2.
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Professional Reading

• Form teams of four.
• Count off by four.
• All ones read pages 91-96.
• All twos read pages 97-100.
• All threes read pages 101-104.
• All fours read pages 105-109.

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Purpose

• Read the article and share with your group.
• Chart your validated or clarified findings about
  Phonemic Awareness.
• Be prepared to share with the larger audience.

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Phonemic Awareness

• Phonemic awareness is the understanding that
  speech is composed of a series of individual
  sounds.
• Segmenting sounds
• Blending sounds
• Manipulating sounds

Yopp, H. (1992). The Reading Teacher, 45
516-523.
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Quick Look at Observation Guide

• What will we see under Phonemic Awareness
• In the role of the teacher?
• In the role of the student?
• In the role of the observer?

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Lets connect it

• We (educators, administrators, parents, and any
  other stakeholders) need to provide opportunities
  for
• Extensive reading.
• Instruction in learning from context.
• Context of longer texts.
• Multiple exposures to the same word 14-21
  depending on the student.

Allen, J. (1999). Words, Words, Words. York, ME
Stenhouse.
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References

• Allen, J. (1999). Words, Words, Words. York, ME
  Stenhouse.
• Chapman, M. (2003). Literacy Teaching and
  Learning, 7
• 1-2.
• Yopp, H. (1992). The Reading Teacher, 45
  516-523.

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THANKS!

• Thanks for helping our students increase their
  scores on both the IOWA and the ISAT.
• Your hard work does not go unnoticed!
• Have a great year!