gordon student etai november 22 nd, 2011. the power of words non
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5 Elements of Reading for Small Groups Phonemic Awareness Phonics Instruction Vocabulary Fluency Text Comprehension Plus Written ExpressionTRANSCRIPT
Gordon STUDENT ETAI November 22nd , 2011
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Phonemic AwarenessPhonics InstructionVocabularyFluencyText Comprehension
Plus Written Expression
Small Group Instruction will focus on The five elements of
reading
Written Expression
multisensory
success oriented
short
varied
focused
fun
interesting
repetition
Examples of Phonemic Awareness TasksPhoneme deletion: What word would be left if the /k/ sound were taken away from cat?
Word to word matching: Do pen and pipe begin with the same sound?
Blending: What word would we have if you put these sounds together: /s/, /a/, /t/?
Sound isolation: What is the first sound in rose?
Phoneme counting: How many sound do you hear in the word cake?
Deleting phonemes: What sound do you hear in meat that is missing in eat?
Odd word out: What word starts with a different sound: bag, nine, beach, bike?
Sound to word matching: Is there a /k/ in bike?
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
• it improves children’s word reading and reading comprehension.
• it helps children learn to spell.
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The TaskChildren identify words that rhyme in
a series of activities. For example, "Put your thumbs up if
these two words rhyme--pail-tail or cow-pig?" or "Finish this rhyme, red, bed, blue, ______."
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"I say, You say" game:I say fat.You say _____.I say red.You say _____.
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Rhyming Word Sit Down
Children walk around in a big circle taking one step each time a rhyming word is said by the teacher.
When the teacher says a word that doesn't rhyme, the children sit down:
she tree flea spree key bee sea wentETAI - Haifa Conference 2011
Syllable Count Have children clap for each syllable you
say. Begin with two or three syllable words and
build up to longer words with more syllables:
airplane table porcupine communication
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Rubber Band Stretch Teacher models with a large rubber band how to
stretch out a word as the word is said. /mmmmmmmm-/aaaaaaaaaaaa-/nnnnnnnnn/
Teacher models with stretched out band how to bring rubber band back to original length and says the word fast: /man/.
Children pretend to stretch rubber bands as they say the sounds in different words.
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Try Old Mac Donald Had a Farm making substitutions when singing about each new animal.
For a cow, sing, "kee-kigh,kee-kigh, koh!"For a sheep, sing, "shee-shigh, shee-shigh,
shoh!"
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it leads to an understanding of the alphabetic principle—the systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds.
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
beginning readers use their oral vocabulary to make sense of the words they see in print.
readers must know what most of the words mean before they can understand what they are reading.
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
Teaching comprehension is critical to ensure students understand what they read.
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly.
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
• rate (speed)• prosody (phrasing)• expression• intonation• facing-along with comprehension
Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction
