Foundations of Research-Based Reading EPI Instructor Shannon Ayrish or Course Times Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-9:30 May 13- June 19

Anticipation Questions Please answer the questions Don’t use your book These answers should be what you anticipate now We will revisit the questions at the end of class to clarify our understanding We will turn these questions in at the end of class

Don’t Forget Please sign-inPlease sign-in Put out your name tentPut out your name tent My office hours are from 5:00-5:30 Tues. and Thurs.My office hours are from 5:00-5:30 Tues. and Thurs. Turn in your Anticipation Questions/GuidesTurn in your Anticipation Questions/Guides

Revisiting Last Week’s Questions We will go over the questions as a whole group We will spend 3 minutes discussing the questions in a “popcorn” style Pop-in when you have something to add – stand up

7 Characteristics of Highly Effective Reading Teachers Create a poster explaining in pictures and words what your characteristic is all about Pick one person to share your poster with the group (3 minutes) Turn to your shoulder partner and rank the characteristics by what you think is most important to least important

The Five Pillars of Effective Reading Instruction Teacher Knowledge Classroom Assessment Effective Practice Differentiating Instruction Family/Community Connections

Website of the Day The International Reading Association Lesson plans Read-Write-Think Journals – The Reading Teacher Membership and conferences Take 10 minutes to explore

Phonemic Awareness Phonemic Awareness is an awareness of individual ________ in spoken language and the ability to __________ those sounds.

Why is Phonemic Awareness Important? Successful readers must understand that words are made up of sounds. Phonemic Awareness is a predictor of future reading success. Phonemic awareness makes it easier for children to benefit from phonics instruction.

Developing Phonemic Awareness Manipulate sounds by… Identifying phonemes: What sound is the same in ball, boy, bed. Blend phonemes to form words: What word is /s/ /u/ /n/? Segment words into phonemes: How many sounds are in fox? Add, delete, and substitute phonemes to make new words: What word do you have if you add /s/ to the beginning of top? What word is plate without the /p/? If you start with the word pet and change /t/ to /n/, what is the new word?

Getting the Most from Phonemic Awareness Instruction Have students use letters as they manipulate phonemes to solidify the connection between phonemic awareness and reading and writing. Teach one or two types of phoneme manipulation, not more, to avoid confusion. Determine student needs. One of the best ways to assess phonemic awareness is by looking at their writing.

Phonemes in Use Read the first 3 paragraphs on your own We will form 5 groups Each group will be given one activity Choose one person to be the teacher Choose another to be the observer The remaining group member(s) will be students

Phonemes in Use The teacher will conduct the given activity with the students The observer will monitor the directions and discuss at the end what was successful The students will do the activity with the teacher Please use paper, cards and markers to create the activity if needed

Phonics Phonics instruction teaches children the relationships between the letters (graphemes) of written language and the individual sounds (phonemes) of spoken language. It teaches children to use these relationships to read and write words.

Why is Phonics instruction important? Knowledge of the alphabetic principle contributes greatly to children's ability to read words both in isolation and in connected text.

Developing Phonics Skills Phonics instruction is most effective when it is both systematic and explicit. A systematic phonics program identifies a useful set major letter- sound relationships in a clear sequence. An explicit phonics program provides teachers with a plan for teaching children how to use their letter-sound knowledge to read and write words.

Getting the Most from Phonics Instruction Children need many opportunities to read and write in order to apply their phonics skills. When selecting practice reading material, look for short books or stories that contain many examples of the letter-sound relationship children are learning. Phonics instruction can be given to individuals, small groups, or the whole class depending on the needs of your students.

Phonics Games Visit Explore the links under today’s page (10 minutes) Form a partnership with your shoulder neighbor Each partnership will choose one link to write a 1-2 sentence annotation explaining what kinds or quality of games the link provides.

Assignment 1 Article Summary and presentation Take the time now to explore the links with free articles If you have time, choose your article for the summary assignment You may search in others ways for your article too Work until 9:15

A Poem for the Road Each night we will end with a poem at 9:15 Bill will start tonight I will bring a collection of poetry anthologies for you to choose from You can bring your own too

Reflection Questions Each night we will stop at 9:20 to reflect on our anticipation questions Look back at the anticipation questions Reflect on your original answers Make changes and additions your understandings of key concepts

Take a Look at Phonics Readers I will give each of you a Phonics Reader Pick one story Read it Try to figure out the phonics rule the story is supposed to practice. (10 minutes)