A Sound Start: Phonemic Awareness Lessons for Reading Success - Softcover

Christine E. McCormick; Rebecca N. Throneburg; Jean M. Smitley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572307617 ISBN 13: 9781572307612

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book is an ideal resource for any teacher who wants to include explicit phonemic awareness instruction in an early reading program. In one easy-to-use 8 1/2" x 11" volume, the authors present three separate sets of phonemic awareness lessons, complete with scripted directions and reproducible learning materials and assessment tools. Incorporating a variety of fun and engaging activities, each set of lessons is field-tested and research-based. Included are developmentally sequenced lessons for the whole class and small groups, more intensive lessons for children struggling with phonemic awareness, and class lessons on the consonant phonemes to help children hear and process the sounds of American English. The lesson sets can be used independently or in combination with each other, and can easily be adapted to meet the needs of specific classes.

About this title

About the Author

Christine E. McCormick, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois, where she teaches courses in developmental psychology, early childhood assessment, and early reading. She has a doctoral degree in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota and is a former Montessori teacher and school psychologist. Widely published, she brings to this book over 25 years of experience in developing early reading materials for young children.

Rebecca N. Throneburg, PhD, is Associate Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences Department at Eastern Illinois University, where she teaches courses in normal language development, phonological awareness, and language and literacy. Her doctoral
degree in speech-language pathology is from the University of Illinois. She conducts research in the school setting regarding service delivery and collaboration among professionals.

Jean M. Smitley, MS, is Associate Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences Department at Eastern Illinois University, where she teaches a course in phonetics and phonological development. She has also collaborated with kindergarten teachers to provide phonological awareness training to kindergartners. Her master's degree is from Eastern Illinois University, and she has focused on reading development and disabilities in her postgraduate course work.

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1. Phonemic Awareness: An Introduction
Phonemic Awareness and Learning to Read
Instruction in Phonemic Awareness
Assessment of Phonemic Awareness
General Instructional Issues
The Lessons in This Book
References
2. Introduction to the Whole-Class and Small-Group Lessons
General Guidelines
Sequence of Skills
Plan of the Lessons
Data on Effectiveness
Assessment
References
Phonemic Awareness Assessment
3. The Whole-Class and Small-Group Lessons
Lesson 1: Concept of Words
Lesson 2: Rhyme Recognition and Discrimination
Lesson 3: Rhyme Choice
Lesson 4: Rhyme Production
Lesson 5: Syllable Counting
Lesson 6: Syllable Blending
Lesson 7: Syllable Deletion
Lesson 8: Onset<n->Rime Blending
Lesson 9: Onset<n->Rime Blending
Lesson 10: Review of Rhyming and of Syllable and Onset<n->Rime Blending
Lesson 11: Initial Phoneme Identification
Lesson 12: Initial Phoneme Production
Lesson 13: Final Phoneme Identification
Lesson 14: Final Phoneme Production
Lesson 15: Medial Phoneme Isolation
Lesson 16: Phoneme Counting
Lesson 17: Blending Two- and Three-Phoneme Words
Lesson 18: Phoneme Blending
Lesson 19: Phoneme Segmentation
Lesson 20: Review of Initial, Medial, and Final Sounds and of Phoneme Counting, Blending, and Segmenting
4. Individualized Instruction in Phonemic Awareness
The Individualized Lessons
Assessment for the Individualized Lessons
Effectiveness of the Lessons
Getting Started
References
Assessment for Individualized Lessons
Progress Chart
5. The Individualized Lessons
Lesson 1: Beginning Sounds /m/ and /s/
Lesson 2: Beginning Sounds /f/ and /n/
Lesson 3: Beginning Sounds /p/ and /t/
Lesson 4: Review of Beginning Sounds
Lesson 5: Letters <I>m<I*> and <I>s<I*> for Beginning Sounds
Lesson 6: Letters <I>f<I*> and <I>n<I*> for Beginning Sounds
Lesson 7: Letters <I>p<I*> and <I>t<I*> for Beginning Sounds
Lesson 8: Letters <I>m<I*>, <I>s<I*>, and <I>t<I*> for Beginning Sounds
Lesson 9: Letters <I>n<I*>, <I>p<I*>, and <I>t<I*> for Beginning Sounds
Lesson 10: Review of Letters for Beginning Sounds
Lesson 11: Letters for <I>n<I*>, <I>p<I*>, <I>t<I*>
Lesson 12: Ending Sounds /n/, /p/, /t/
Lesson 13: Ending Sounds /n/, /p/, /t/
Lesson 14: Beginning Letters <I>m<I*>, <I>s<I*>, <I>f<I*> and Ending Letters <I>n<I*>, <I>p<I*>, <I>t<I*>
Lesson 15: Beginning letters <I>n<I*>, <I>p<I*>, <I>t<I*> and Ending Letters <I>n<I*>, <I>p<I*>, <I>t<I*>
Lesson 16: Letters for Beginning and Ending Sounds
Posttest and Take-Home Tiny Books
6. Phoneme Characteristics and Lessons
Importance of Understanding Phoneme Production
Phonemes in Words
Similarities between Phonemes
Description of Phoneme Production
References
Lessons for Specific Phonemes
Phoneme /b/ (letter <I>b<I*>)
Phoneme /k/ (letters <I>c<I*>, <I>k<I*>)
Phoneme /d/ (letter <I>d<I*>)
Phoneme /f/ (letter <I>f<I*>)
Phoneme /g/ (letter <I>g<I*>)
Phoneme /h/ (letter <I>h<I*>)
Phoneme /?/ (letter <I>j<I*>)
Phoneme /l/ (letter <I>l<I*>)
Phoneme /m/ (letter <I>m<I*>)
Phoneme /n/ (letter <I>n<I*>)
Phoneme /p/ (letter <I>p<I*>)
Phoneme /r/ (letter <I>r<I*>)
Phoneme /s/ (letter <I>s<I*>)
Phoneme /t/ (letter <I>t<I*>)
Phoneme /v/ (letter <I>v<I*>)
Phoneme /w/ (letter <I>w<I*>)
Phoneme /j/ (letter <I>y<I*>)
Phoneme /z/ (letter <I>z<I*>)
Phoneme / / (digraph <I>sh<I*>)
Phoneme / / (digraph <I>ch<I*>)
Phoneme / /(¿si<I>ng<I*>¿) (digraph <I>ng<I*>)
Phonemes / (¿<I>th<I*>umb¿) /ð/ (¿<I>th<I*>ose¿) (digraph th)
Appendix: Books, Materials, and Alternative Books for Each Class Lesson
Index

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572307617
• ISBN 13: 9781572307612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 297