Foundational Skills Review

​Foundational Skills Review

By Crista Thomas

Multiple Select

Foundational reading skills include (check all that apply)

• Print concepts

• Comprehension

• Phonological Awareness

• Phonics & Word Recognition

• Fluency

Foundational Skills

1. Print concepts

2. Phonological Awareness

3. Phonics & Word Recognition

4. Fluency

Print Concepts

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of print concepts EXCEPT

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

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

• Identifying letter names

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

Open Ended

Can you think of any other examples of print concepts?

Open Ended

Why should we teach print concepts?

Multiple Choice

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

• True

• False

Phonological Awareness

Open Ended

In your own words, what is phonological awareness?

Multiple Choice

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

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A student can easily learn to read WITHOUT phonological awareness

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

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

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

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

• True

• False

Phonological Awareness Skills

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

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

Sound cards

Mirrors

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

Recordable buttons

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

Student responding with AAC

Open Ended

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

Phonics

Open Ended

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

Do you know your sounds?

Remove the schwa!

Open Ended

What is the difference between decoding vs encoding?

Word Recognition

What is a sight word?

Any word you can read fluently & accurately!

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

Fluency

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

Why is fluency important for reading?

Conclusion

Open Ended

What questions do you still have about foundational skills?

Open Ended

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

Open Ended

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