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