Let's Begin Strand: Reading Sub Strand: 2.0 Phonological Awareness
{"Image DocumentName": "Let\u2019s Begin Strand: Reading Sub Strand: 2.0 Phonological Awareness", "Image ImageDescription": "At around 48 months, the foundations for phonological awareness are written only for older four-year olds because much of the initial development of phonological awareness occurs between 48 months and 60 months of age. At around 60 months. Orally blends and deletes words and syllables without the support of pictures or objects. Orally blends the onsets, rimes, and phonemes of words and orally deletes the onsets of words, with support of pictures or objects. For most Foundations, typical behaviors at around 48 months and 60 months are described, with the exception of the phonological awareness sub strand where the behaviors are only described for children at or around 60 months. This is because much of the initial development of phonological awareness occurs between 48 and 60 months of age. Phonological Awareness is defined by the Foundations as an oral language skill: An individual\u2019s sensitivity to the sound (or phonological) structure of spoken language. In transitional kindergarten, some students may be working toward isolating and pronouncing the individual phonemes in three phoneme consonant-vowel-consonant words (initial, medial vowel, and final sounds) to prepare for kindergarten and beyond. For example, r-a-t, f-u-n, h-i-m. OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Think, Pair, Share: What will this look like at the end of TK? Discuss how these are the building blocks for decoding down the road and that students enter TK at varying levels and will require differentiated instruction. One great way to model segmentation of phonemes is through an activity called Elkonin Boxes. Elkonin boxes are an instructional method used in the early elementary grades to build phonological awareness by segmenting words into syllables or sounds. They are named after Elkonin, the Russian psychologist who pioneered their use. The boxes are squares drawn on a piece of paper or a chalkboard, with one box for each syllable or phoneme, depending on what kind of segmentation is being done. To use Elkonin boxes, a child listens to a word and moves a token or unifix cube into a box for each syllable or phoneme. In some cases different colored tokens may be used for consonants and vowels or just for each phoneme in the word. A fun activity for TK students would be to make three boxes on the floor using colored tape and have individual student jump out the sounds. (For example, for the word cat, the student jumps into the first box and says, /k/, second box and says /a/ and the third box and says, /t/ ). Everyone repeats /k/ /a/ /t/ aloud together and then the teacher says, cat. 41.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}