Heggerty & Literacy Resources Inc.
Phonemic Awareness Galore!
Dr. Michael Heggerty
- In 2003 formed Literacy Resources Inc. to publish his phonemic awareness curriculum.
- Designed his curriculum while working on an action research project focused on acquiring and mastering sound reading skills.
- 20 plus years as a classroom teacher
- Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum until retirement
- Passed away in 2013.
Curriculum
- English Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum
- English Kindergarten Curriculum
- Phonemic Awareness
- Conciencia fonemica
- Conciencia fonemica
Lesson
- Heggerty is a component of a literacy block, not a sole curriculum.
- Lessons should be 10-15 minutes
- Whole group
- Students that struggle should review lesson in small group setting
- Curriculum steadily builds on skills
- Reinforce skills during Word Work stations
Primary Skills Covered
- Letter Naming
- Rhyming
- Onset Fluency
- Blending
- Identifying Final Sound
- Identifying Medial Sound
- Segmenting
- Adding/Deleting Phonemes
- Substitutions
- Language Awareness
Training
- No formal training is required
- LRI does offer trainings for schools or conference based settings.
- Most training are held in the Midwest
- YouTube offers tutorials and introduces hand motions
Students
- Pre-K to 2nd Grade
- 1st to 8th grade intervention
Spanish Text
- Pre-K and Kindergarten
- Spanish Phonic Cards
- Spanish Assessments
Assessment Tools
- Found for free on LRI
- Can be used to show student growth
- Scoring Guides
Green Alligators Heggerty
The Research States...
- National Reading Panel- "Phonemic awareness instruction is effective in teaching children to attend to and manipulate speech sounds in words.ยจ
- Phonemic awareness is instruction helps all types of learners improve reading
- Strong correlation between phonemic awareness and early reading success.
My Opinion
- Love it!
- A bit of ground work to set up program with fidelity in the classroom.
- Active, use hand motions, use songs, use visuals.
- Transfers across all subject, lends itself to embedded learning opportunities.