Below is a list of the five primary reading components that many effective classroom teachers use. This post focuses on the first two areas of Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Instruction.
First off, let’s set the record straight. This blogpost is based on my personal teaching experiences.
More often than not, struggling readers need immersion in daily systematic phonemic awareness and phonics instruction. However, I don’t discount the remaining three areas because they are key to reading development. Typically, the first two critical areas can be found to be a deficit in your hard to reach readers. Typically these two particular areas are stressed more with your at-risk readers during a traditional Response to Intervention Block.
- PHONEMIC AWARENESS
- PHONICS
- Vocabulary Development
- Reading Fluency
- Reading Comprehension
For the record, helping at-risk readers hone their beginning reading skills is a priority in my first grade classroom. I make use of seasonal, thematic, and holiday related Response to Intervention Games the norm. Doing so, keeps my students wanting to practice sound symbol relationships tirelessly.
Likely, R.T.I. students will need lots of extra practice with sound symbol relationships. Practice sessions should be fun and fast paced so that boredom doesn’t ensue.If you need R.T.I. Resources, click here for some amazing R.T.I. Freebies!
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Obviously, you may wonder why do I create and use Nonsense Word Activities that are theme, seasonal, and holiday based? The bottom line is that I want my students looking forward to the practicing Sound Symbol Relationships! Additionally, I find using thematic R.T.I. resources encourages a seamless fit between subject areas within the self-contained classroom.
This is BLACKout Bingo, an R.T.I. 6 Player Game that I have used at my Teacher Table. It’s a great companion resource to read-clouds that feature a moon/shadows theme. I love to correlate my R.T.I. resources along with any units I am teaching in Social Living Block. Never hurts to double dip and firsties love thematic learning! Pinky promise! Ms. Lendahand:)
Again, the goal is for the Beginning Reader to know their sounds on autopilot. Teachers call knowing one’s sounds instantly AUTOMATICITY! R.T.I. practice should be fun and fast-paced! They should also take minimum Teacher PREP Time while maximizing phonemic awareness learning!
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