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- Dave Koppenhaver
- Co-founder and former director of the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. Currently professor in Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities Dept. at Appalachian State University.
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ReplyDeletePhonemic awareness is understanding and hearing the concept of words that begin with the same letter. ie: dog,dark,dot. One way to teach phonemic awareness is to sing and read rhyming books to your students to get them to understanding about rhyming. ie: Jack and Jill or Dr. Suess. They are learning while they are having fun. What age group or grade would I start teaching this? How long would we go over this topic?
ReplyDeleteMolly Suddes
phonemic awareness is hearing and understanding when words start with the same letter; such as "carry" and "cat". One way to teach phonemic awareness is by reading books with alliteration and tongue twisters. This enables the child to enjoy the book, and yet learn phonemic awareness as well. One question I have is are there certain activities that are available to teachers that help promote phonemic awareness more than others?
ReplyDeleteJoy Cooper
phonemic awareness is hearing and understanding when words start with the same letter; such as "carry" and "cat". One way to teach phonemic awareness is by reading books with alliteration and tongue twisters. This enables the child to enjoy the book, and yet learn phonemic awareness as well. One question I have is are there certain activities that are available to teachers that help promote phonemic awareness more than others?
ReplyDeleteJoy Cooper
Phonemic awareness is being able to recognize and manipulate the sounds in a word. One way to teach phonemic awareness is to play blending and segmenting games. A basic game like a riddle-guessing game helps students to learn to blend and segment. An example the book gives is to use a riddle such as "I'm thinking of an animal that lives in the water and is a f-ish." The child would then guess "fish."
ReplyDeleteA question I have is what is the thing that students struggle with the most when they begin learning phonemic awareness?
Leslie Sheppard
Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize that words are made up of a discrete set of sounds and to manipulate sounds. One way to teach phonemic awareness would be to sing the alphabet song and make your very own alphabet book. The alphabet song has been shown to give students a "sense of all the letters and a framework in which to put new letters as they learn them." One question I have is what are some more games, activities, and lesson plans to help students with phonemic awareness?
ReplyDeleteHeather Johnson
Phonemic awareness is being able to distinguish the words with the same letter sounds. For example: fire, fine, and feel are phonemically similar. One way to teach phonemic awareness is to read books to the class that are rich in alliteration. This will call attention to the similar letter sounds. Is phonemic awareness a concept that students typically have problems with?
ReplyDeleteShelby Johnson
Phonemic awareness is awareness that words are composed of individual sounds, or phonemes. Teachers can help students learn phonemic awareness by listening to words that start with the same sound, then begin to learn which letters make which sounds. Rhyming and alliteration books help with ending sounds and words that "start the same." Children can teach other kids in the class the alphabet then have the children be a letter of the alphabet.
ReplyDelete-Amanda Jackson
Phonemic awareness is awareness that words are composed of individual sounds, or phonemes. Teachers can help students learn phonemic awareness by listening to words that start with the same sound, then begin to learn which letters make which sounds. Rhyming and alliteration books help with ending sounds and words that "start the same." Children can teach other kids in the class the alphabet then have the children be a letter of the alphabet. How would you help children learn the different sounds of vowels?
ReplyDelete-Amanda Jackson
Being phonemic aware is a task that must be accomplished in order for a child to be a successful readers and writers. Phonemoic awareness is the ability to recognize the difference between words that begin with the same letter such as, mommy, mat, milk, etc. One way to teach phonemic awareness would be to use a book that uses rhyming such as Dr. Seuss. These books are great sources because they allow children to see how words that begin with the same are different in meaning and sound. Another way would be to use books with a variety of alliteration and tongue twisters. These books get children thinking about phonemics and allow them to have extra practice with these words. Finally a question that arose while reading this chapter was do children generally struggle with learning phonemics or does it come easy to most children?
ReplyDelete-Christin Jones
Phonemic awareness is having the ability to recognize individual sounds in words. Teachers can help students with phonemic awareness by asking questions like "Tell me the sound that is the same in bike, boy and bell" I think that working with alphabet books and also using books that use words with similar sounds will help children identify specific sounds of phonemes. Like Shelby, I was also wondering is phonemic awareness is something that many students have trouble with? I have never heard of this term until now so I am not very familiar with it. Also how do you begin teaching phonemic awareness? Is there a specific order or method that would be more effective?
ReplyDeleteKatie Stover
Phonemic awareness is the ability of one to recognize the different sounds letters or groups of letters make to form words. In order to help foster the growth of phonemic awareness, teachers can use alphabet books and can also help by writing words on a board that have similar sounds. As others have asked, I would also like to know, is there a specific method that is most effective when teaching phonemic awareness?
ReplyDeleteKayla Rash
Phonemic awareness is a child's ability to recognize that words are made up of a set of sounds and for them to learn how to use and manipulate those sounds. A child's phonemic awareness is highly correlated with their success in beginning reading. This develops through stages starting with when they become aware that language is made up of individual words which are made up of syllables. As teachers part of our responsibility is to help develop our students' phonemic awareness. Children develop this phonemic awareness through the written and oral language they are exposed to. In our classrooms we need to use all these methods we have been learning about to expose students to language, books, literacy and all the different forms. One question that came to my mind while reading was what are some other activities without tons of writing work or worksheets that I could use in my classroom to reach students more effectively in terms of phonemic awareness?
ReplyDeleteLaura Davis
Phonemic awareness is the ability to distinguish some letter names and sounds. Children must develop ways to figure out and spell unknown words. In order to succeed in reading and writing, children must develop the ability to come up with pronunciations and spelling for words they have never read or written before. One way to teach phonemic awareness would be to use tongue twisters. Once you have read some tongue twisters, have the class make up their own. Are some activities more effective than others? If so, which activities work the best to help students develop phonemic awareness?
ReplyDeletePhonemic awareness is the ability to recognized sounds and letters. It is important for children to learn this because it is what will help them learn to read and spell. It is also the foundation for decoding and spelling skills. It is also crucial because it is also something that will help them write too. There are many activities that can help children learn phonemic awarness. Some include using rhyming books, playing blending, and segmenting games, using books with lots of alliteration, and tongue twisters. These activities have the potential to help students develop phonemic awareness. How do help those students that have no phonemic awareness ability? What activities would be the best to use with them?
ReplyDeletePhonemic awareness deals with the structures and sounds of words. This early learning concept is important to master so that children will be able to understand and distinguish different words using their knowledge of sounds. This ability will help foster a child's growth through learning to read, write, and spell words. Some ways to teach phonemic awareness might be using alliteration and rhyming books such as Dr. Seuss. When I was little I really enjoyed learning all of the nursery rhymes with my mom. So maybe incorporating songs or easy to learn nursery rhymes could be helpful as well. Like Tina asked before I was wondering if there are certain activities that teachers use in classrooms that seem to be more productive than others? If so, what are those activities?
ReplyDeleteKatie West
Phoemic Awareness is the ability to distinguish the different letters and sounds that make up words. I think a good way to teach this would be to go through the alphabet and have the children make their own letter book with all the letters. That way they could do B-boy and put other examples that start with B on that page. I would like to know if there is a wrong way to teach this, or something we should avoid doing while teaching this topic.
ReplyDeleteKayla Sizemore
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and understand words when they start with the same letter. A way that you can incorporate this learning style in the classroom is bringing in a big book that have rhyming words. For example Dr. Suess or some sort of tongue twister. This way the class can go over tem together at first then make fun activities with them afterwards (like we did in class the other day). A question I have was what are some of the most beneficial and effective ways to teach this learning style? What are some of the worst ones?
ReplyDeleteMeggie Colhoun
Phonemic awareness is being able to recognize words that have the same letter sounds. You can help children develop phonemic awareness by reading them rhyming books and alphabet books and having them do different activities with those books. I just bought a book called "My First abc Book" and it would be great to use for this topic. My question is what is the best way to teach this? and what should you avoid while teaching this?
ReplyDeleteSarah Purrell
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ReplyDeletePhonemic Awareness is learning how to read by recognizing that words are made up of different sounds. One way to teach Phonemic Awareness is to work with rhyming words with your class. Most students grow up singing rhyming songs so using them in the classroom will only enhance their awareness. What activity works best when introducing or helping with phonemic awareness? Is it just a mixture of everything everyone has said?
ReplyDeleteBeth Hicks
Phonemic Awareness is being able to distinguish when words begin with the same letter, Billy, ball, bat, etc. You use sound and sight to distinguish these differences. A way to teach it is to use rhyming books. They suggested like many do, to use the Dr. Seuss, "Wocket in my pocket." There are many ways to teach it, like to make up tongue twisters, show the students how it is done and have them create there own tongue twister. My question is what do you do when the student has trouble distinguishing letters and getting the sounds confused with the letters and what do you do if a speech impediment is an obstacle that may be difficult to tackle?
ReplyDelete-Hannah Hobson
Phonemic awareness is when children are able to come up with pronounciations and spelling for words they have never read or written before. Teachers can sing rhymes in class such as "Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate" and read rhyming books such as Dr. Seuss. The teacher can also start representing each sound with a key word such as P Pizza Hut, let the whole class brainstorm to come up with the words. I was wondering what grade level phonemic awareness begins and if students have trouble grasping the concept?
ReplyDeleteKarie Steelman
phonemic awareness is hearing and understanding when words start with the same letter; such as carry and cat. One way to teach phonemic awareness is by reading books with alliteration and tongue twisters. This enables the child to enjoy the book, and yet learn phonemic awareness as well. One question I have is whats the best way to teach this?
ReplyDeletePhonemic awareness is the ability to recognize that words are made up of certain sounds and differing sounds depending on what letters they are near. Children began to develop a sense of sounds as they write the words. There are a number of ways in which we can teach phonemic awareness. One way in which we can help children get a better understanding that words are made up of multiple sounds is having them clap to the beats of the words. By doing this children are able to get an understanding that words are made up of multiple sounds. Would you still do these activities with the children that already have a sense of phonemic awareness?
ReplyDeletejoni little
Phonemic awareness is recognizing words that begin with the same letter and sound the same. Examples would be cat, car, can. The ways that we can teach phonemic awareness is to read rhyming books, and clap out the words by the sounds. When you have tried all of these activities and it fails to work what do you do next?
ReplyDeleteKala White
Phonemic awareness is the ability to distinguish similar sounds of words that begin with the same letter. The book suggests to use alliteration and tongue twisters to help children develop phonemic awareness. What is an easy way to teach letters that have more than one sound, such as "G" that has the hard and soft sound?
ReplyDeleteEmily Fox
Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize that words are made up of sounds and the ability to recognize that some words sound alike- they begin or end with the same sounds. To help children gain phonemic awareness - the book suggests that you lead the singing of rhymes and read lots of rhyming books to start out. You should talk about the rhyming words found in these activities a lot to emphasize them. You can also have children make up similar rhymes. The book mentions a few blending and segmenting games that also help with phonemic awareness. My questions would be: What are some other ways you can help children learn to blend and segment words? How could you assess that the children can successfully blend and segment different types of words?
ReplyDeleteBrittany Norman
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ReplyDeletePhonemic Awareness is the ability to recognize different sounds that makr up words. It is also the ability to recognize that some words sound similar or the same. The easiest way to help children with phonemic awareness is to use lots of rhyming. You can read rhyming books, sing rhyming songs, and rhyming poems. You could read the book "Cat in The Hat" with your children and then read it again and have them read the words Cat, Hat, At, etc... One question would be, how do you help children who don't seem to be grasping this concept? To me, rhyming is the easiest method, so if it doesn't work, what else will?
ReplyDeleteEmily Towery
Phonemic awareness is the ability to recognize similar sounds in words (beginning or end). Rhyming is the best way to teach children phonemic awareness. I loved the Dr. Seuss books and they would be a great resource for understanding the concept of phonemic awareness. You could have the students make up their own rhyming poems like the Dr. Seuss books.
ReplyDelete-How can you help children that don't understand the concepts with rhyming words?
-What are other ways to get children to distinguish words that are similar, but use the hard or soft sounds of the letters?
-Heather Heath
Phonemic awareness is the ability for readers to recognize similar sounding words (by either the beginning of the words or the ends) and understand the difference between the words. Teachers can teach this concept by using rhyming and alliteration books and games in their classroom. Dr. Seuss books are great books that help to reinforce this concept. Students can play rhyming games or make their own stories. My question about phonemic awareness is do most children find this concept easy to understand? How likely is it that you will have several children in your class at one time who completely do not understand it?
ReplyDeleteMegan Cockrum
Phonemic Awareness is the ability to understand that all letters have certain sounds that make up words and being able to manipulate those sounds. One way to teach this would be to teach the alphabet using an alphabet song that emphasizes the sounds of the letters and then possibly going on a word hunt for words like names and other words like favorite foods. Then when you find the words say them emphasizing the sounds that make up those words. I have to say that I am one of I guess many people who do not understand syllables in words like I know what they are I just have trouble remembering how to tell how many syllables are in a word. My question would be what are the best ways to ensure that your students learn this efficiently?
ReplyDeleteDanielle Epley