Skyhawk Staff Update
Reading: Phonemic Awareness and Dyslexia Mix
Rewiring the Brain for Reading!
Fast Facts about Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic Awareness Research
- The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness. (Adams, 1990)
- Phonemic awareness is central in learning to read and spell. (Ehri, 1984)
- The probability of remaining a poor reader at the end of fourth grade, given a child was a poor reader at the end of first grade, was .88… the probability of remaining an average reader in fourth grade, given an average reading ability in first grade, was .87. (Juel, 1988)
- The lack of phonemic awareness is the most powerful determinant of the likelihood of failure to read. (Adams, 1990)
- Phonemic awareness is the most important core and causal factor in separating normal and disabled readers. (Adams, 1990)
- Phonemic awareness has been shown to be a very powerful predictor of later reading achievement. In fact, it [phonemic awareness] is a better predictor than more global measures such as IQ or general language proficiency. (Griffith and Olson, 1992)
- Phonemic awareness is the most potent predictor of success in learning to read. It is more highly related to reading than tests of general intelligence, reading readiness, and listening comprehension. (Stanovich, 1986, 1994)
- Yes, there really is a difference in brain activation patterns between good and poor readers. We see the difference when people carry out phonologically based tasks. And that tells us that the area of difficulty - the functional disruption - in poor readers relates to phonological analysis. This suggests that we focus on phonological awareness when trying to prevent or remediate the difficulty in poor reading. (Shaywitz, 1999)
- The most comprehensive reading program EXPLICITLY [sic] teaches about the sounds of language. It teaches children that words can be broken up into these smaller units of language, that the letters represent this unit of language - phonics. (Shaywitz, 1999)
- ALL [sic] children can benefit from being taught directly how to break up spoken words into smaller units and how letters represent sounds. (Shaywitz, 1999)
https://www.heggerty.org/phonemic-awareness-research-and-findings
The linguistic genius of babies | Patricia Kuhl
Click to View Free Heggerty Assessment Tools
I have purchased a manual for each of 4th, 5th, and 6th grades to use as an intervention for struggling students. Drilling down these phonemic awareness skills may help move some stuck kids!
SPIRE as a Tier 2 or 3 Intervention Uses a multimodal approach.
Phonemic Awareness Resources
How Does Screen Time Affect Language Development?
Click here to see how screen time affects language development in young children.
Cult of Pedagogy: How to Spot Dyslexia...Click
Thanks, Christine Christensen, for sharing!
What Dyslexia is NOT!
Classroom Strategies for Dyslexia
Common Traits of Dyslexia
Dyslexia Handbook from USBE
Handbook mentioned by Heather Gross in our training.
Calendar
November
- 9 - Building Open, 8:00 am-8:00 pm
- 11 - Costco at Lunch
- 11 - Waterford Open House - Free learning software for 4-year-olds. Our school is one of the hosts for registration. 4:30-7:30 pm.
- 12 - Amazing Shake First Round, 3rd-6th ASCs, 10:10 am
- 12-13 - Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Truck (Schedule Below)
- 13 - Women in Leadership, 7:30 am
- 13 - Lexia Training in PLC's - Please arrange to meet that day so they can help you with questions or reports (see the schedule below the Art Truck Schedule)
- 14 - Reflections Awards, 6:30 pm
- 14 - Amazing Shake First Round, 3rd Grade, 9:20-9:40 pm
- 14 - Amazing Shake First Round, 5th Grade, 10:00-10:20 pm
- 15 - STARBASE Graduation, 9:30 am
- 15 - House Meetings, 1 pm
- 15 - Battle of the Books Meeting, 1:30 pm
- 18 - Amazing Shake First Round, Kindergarten 9:20-9:40 am
- 18 - Amazing Shake First Round, First Grade, 9:40-10 am
- 18 - Amazing Shake First Round, Sixth Grade, 10:00-10:20 am
- 20 - Amazing Shake First Round Second Grade, 9:20-9:40 am
- 20 - Amazing Shake First Round, Fourth Grade, 9:40-10:00 am
- 20 - Town Hall Meeting with School Board, 7 pm, Layton High Little Theater
- 22 - House Lunch
- 23 - Building Open, 8-3:30 pm
- 27-29 - THANKSGIVING BREAK!!!!
December
- 2 - 4th Grade Living Planet Aquarium Visit
- 2 - Clark Planetarium Visit
- 4 - Faculty Meeting - Social/Emotional Learning Training
- 4 - Key Leader #4 -
UMOCA Truck!
The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art will be bringing a traveling art exhibit for 1st-6th grade. This unique and fun experience brings exciting and accessible contemporary art, created by leading local and national artists, directly to our school. Trained museum art educator(s) lead students through a meaningful exploration. The truck is planned to park in the lot west of the cafeteria. If the weather is cool, your students should bring a coat/jacket.