Phonemic Awareness in Young Children: A Classroom Curriculum » (1st Edition)

Brimming with fun, adaptable activities and games, this supplemental language and reading curriculum complements any prereading program. Preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teachers can use these engaging activities in any classroom - general, bilingual, inclusive, or special education. All children benefit, because the curriculum accommodates individualized learning and teaching styles. The developmental sequence follows a school year calendar, building on simple listening games and gradually moving on to more advanced sound manipulation exercises like rhyming, alliteration, and segmentation. Assessment activities help educators evaluate language and listening skills, and the assessment forms can be photocopied for frequent use with large groups of children.

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The authors describe activities for teaching phonemic awareness in kindergarten and the first grade and offer for each set of activities a rationale that addresses issues related to linguistics and literacy development. The program is an adaptation of one developed by Ingvar Lundberg, J. Frost, and O.P. Peterson in Sweden and Denmark. The authors include materials for assessing students' phonological awareness. Spiral wire binding. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.