Modules 8-13: Word Study Activities

3. Module 10: One Minute Activities and Other Phonological Awareness Tasks

Module 10 will focus on how to teach and assess phoneme awareness. It aligns with the information included in Chapter 7 in the Equipped for Reading Success manual.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will...

  • become familiar with a variety of phonological  awareness tasks.
  • be able to define terms such as rhyming, alliteration and first sound awareness and to be able to see where they fit in the hierarchy of phonological tasks.
  • understand why phoneme manipulation is so beneficial, and be able to describe its sub-components, such as segmentation, isolation, substitution, categorization, and blending.
  • understand the “why” behind the One Minute Activities.

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Assessment 

Test yourself:

  1. What is alliteration? Give an example.
  2.  How do you define rhyming?
  3. What are oddity tasks?
  4. Why does phoneme manipulation benefit students?
  5. Why isn’t  segmenting and blending phonemes enough to be able to read proficiently?