Phonological awareness skills are important in order to develop good reading and spelling skills. Having good phonological awareness skills means that a child is able to manipulate sounds and words, or “play” with sounds and words. For example, you might ask your child to break the word “cat” into individual sounds: “c-a-t.” Important: These skills deal with SOUNDS not letters. For example, /t/ represents the sound and not the letter name “tee.” You will not use any written or visual letters when working with phonological activities. These activities are done with listening and speaking only. Learning the letter names and their corresponding sounds is also very important but should be taught and practiced at a different time of the day. This resource will have a weekly activity for your to work on with your child/student(s). It will include a handout with information and guidance, as well as a video to help support you and the learner. CLICK THE WORDS "INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS" TO GET STARTED (do not click on view description).
title "Gr. 1 Phonological Awareness - Info & Weekly Videos"
2024
by Allison de Huber under license"Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike"Version HistoryCite this work
Please note: The skills from Week 30 on are ONLY recommended for those students who are automatic and skilled in the previous weeks’ skills. Weeks 12-29 are "the" important skills for reading success. Week 30 and beyond are higher level sound manipulation skills. Please try them when you have mastered the previous skills.
For daily instructions see the handout and video below:
Lander, Melissa and de Huber, Allison. "Gr. 1 Phonological Awareness - Info & Weekly Videos". OER Commons. Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, 24 May 2019. Web. 19 May 2024. <https://resourcebank.ca/authoring/2505-gr-1-phonological-awareness-info-weekly-videos>.
Lander, M., & de Huber, A. (2019, May 24). Gr. 1 Phonological Awareness - Info & Weekly Videos. OER Commons. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://resourcebank.ca/authoring/2505-gr-1-phonological-awareness-info-weekly-videos.