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Foundational Skills Review

Foundational Skills Review

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Crista Thomas

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15 Slides • 18 Questions

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​Foundational Skills Review

By Crista Thomas

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Multiple Select

Foundational reading skills include (check all that apply)

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Print concepts

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Comprehension

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Phonological Awareness

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Phonics & Word Recognition

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Fluency

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Foundational Skills

  1. Print concepts

  2. Phonological Awareness

  3. Phonics & Word Recognition

  4. Fluency

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Print Concepts

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Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of print concepts EXCEPT

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Identifying the front cover, title & back cover of a book

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Knowing when to turn the page while reading or listening to a story

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Identifying letter names

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Understanding that reading goes from top to bottom, left to right (in English)

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Open Ended

Can you think of any other examples of print concepts?

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Open Ended

Why should we teach print concepts?

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Multiple Choice

Students who can't read yet don't need access to books.

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True

2

False

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Phonological Awareness

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Open Ended

In your own words, what is phonological awareness?

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Multiple Choice

A student can have phonological awareness, but not know how to read

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

A student can easily learn to read WITHOUT phonological awareness

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

An SLP (Speech-Language Pathologist) can help you support students with learning phonological awareness.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

Students need to know their letter names & sounds to have phonological awareness

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True

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False

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Phonological Awareness Skills

​• Rhyme recognition
• Repetition and creation of alliteration
• Syllable counting or identification
• Onset and rime manipulation
• Phoneme manipulation

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Phoneme Manipulation

​From least to most difficult:
• Sound unit identity
• Sound unit isolation
• Sound unit blending
• Sound unit segmentation
• Sound unit addition
• Sound unit substitution
• Sound unit deletion

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media
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Sound cards

Mirrors

Manipulatives to represent sounds (remember--no actual letters!)

media

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Recordable buttons

Receptive ID (ex: which one starts with /p/)

Student responding with AAC

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Open Ended

What other ideas do you have for working on phonological awareness?

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Phonics

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Open Ended

How does phonics differ from phonological awareness (in your own words)?

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Do you know your sounds?

Remove the schwa!

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Open Ended

What is the difference between decoding vs encoding?

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Word Recognition

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What is a sight word?

Any word you can read fluently & accurately!

The goal is for all words to become "sight words".

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Fluency

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Open Ended

How do you know if a student is a fluent reader?

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Open Ended

Why is fluency important for reading?

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Conclusion

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Open Ended

What questions do you still have about foundational skills?

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Open Ended

What areas of teaching foundational skills do you need the most support in?

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Open Ended

What challenges are you facing with teaching literacy (in general)?

​Foundational Skills Review

By Crista Thomas

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