Phonemic Awareness
ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds, predicts reading achievement
phoneme
smallest unit of speech that distinguish one word from another in a particular language
elkonin boxes
help students spell out words in boxe by sounds/syllables. listen for each sound and identify each box
SH | EE | P
Word Walls
teach decoding by analogy
help students see patterns and relationship in words building phonics and spelling skills
ELL’s
phonemic awareness instruction