This text is a resource for any teacher who wants to include explicit phonemic awareness instruction in an early reading program. 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.
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-Rime Blending Lesson 9: Onset-Rime Blending Lesson 10: Review of Rhyming and of Syllable and Onset-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 m and s for Beginning Sounds Lesson 6: Letters f and n for Beginning Sounds Lesson 7: Letters p and t for Beginning Sounds Lesson 8: Letters m, s, and t for Beginning Sounds Lesson 9: Letters n, p, and t for Beginning Sounds Lesson 10: Review of Letters for Beginning Sounds Lesson 11: Letters for n, p, t Lesson 12: Ending Sounds /n/, /p/, /t/ Lesson 13: Ending Sounds /n/, /p/, /t/ Lesson 14: Beginning Letters m, s, f and Ending Letters n, p, t Lesson 15: Beginning letters n, p, t and Ending Letters n, p, t 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 b) Phoneme /k/ (letters c, k) Phoneme /d/ (letter d) Phoneme /f/ (letter f) Phoneme /g/ (letter g) Phoneme /h/ (letter h) Phoneme /?/ (letter j) Phoneme /l/ (letter l) Phoneme /m/ (letter m) Phoneme /n/ (letter n) Phoneme /p/ (letter p) Phoneme /r/ (letter r) Phoneme /s/ (letter s) Phoneme /t/ (letter t) Phoneme /v/ (letter v) Phoneme /w/ (letter w) Phoneme /j/ (letter y) Phoneme /z/ (letter z) Phoneme / / (digraph sh) Phoneme / / (digraph ch) Phoneme / /('sing') (digraph ng) Phonemes / ('thumb') /d/ ('those') (digraph th) Appendix: Books, Materials, and Alternative Books for Each Class Lesson Index
