Phonemic Awareness/Literacy
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(Phonemic Awareness Reinforcement)
Many of my students have such poor reading skills that I recently began working on phonemic awareness skills. Current research shows a correlation between poor phonemic awareness and poor reading skills, so I have begun booster groups for struggling readers, both identified and non-identified students.
The following are great tools to obtain baselines for students: the DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) FREE program as well as the Phonological Awareness subtest of the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals test.
Resources!
- Recommended Sites With Brief Description
- Beginning Blends Answer Key
- Beginning Blends Bliss!
- Sight Words - site packed with games, activities, and tools to help parents and educators prepare children for learning to read (phonemic awareness/pre-phonics); includes FREE printable materials, how-to videos, and teaching tips.