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Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, and word study are critical pieces to becoming a fluent reader and writer. We need to explicitly teach these within our daily ELA instruction. UFLI, Fundations, and Into Reading all provide daily whole group foundational skills lessons in grades K-2. Grades 3-5 have whole group Into Reading Foundational Skills lessons provided twice a week.Â
Carefully chosen decodable texts (Start-Right Readers/Blend-it Books/UFLI passages) are valuable tools to help students K-2 meaningfully apply their growing phonics skills. Older students with significant phonics needs may also benefit from focused instruction using decodables. Explicit skill development, such as lessons found in Into Reading's Foundational Skill and Word Study Studio, UFLI, or Word Connections, should also be a focus in small group time if students need more intensive practice in these areas.Â
Scroll below for free materials, the latest research, instructional videos, resource banks, AND interactive Google Slides. Log into HMH's Ed: Your Friend in Learning for other resources provided by HMH.Â
When helping students develop phonemic awareness, modeling crisp and correct pronunciation of letter sounds is critical. Click above for an excellent model video developed by the University of Florida Literacy Institute.
Jack Hartman has partnered with UFLI to model blendable sounds for students. This is a great resource for ensuring your students hear and practice correct articulation!
Decodable passages, home practice, centers activities, and more. All free to use, adapt, and share from the University of Florida Literacy Institute. Link goes directly to their website.
 Foundational Skills Game Generator App
Use provided word lists (UFLI) or add your own words. Easy to customize and differentiate. Free to use from University of Florida's Digital Worlds Institute. Share with students digitally through sites like Google Classroom or print hard copies. Instructional video included.Â
Created by the WVDE and June Harless Center, this supplemental tool provides complete 30 minute phonics lessons that can be modified or chunked for a variety of needs. Each set includes decodable readers and practice activities. To access, click on West Virginia Phonics at the bottom of their webpage.
This supplemental reading intervention program is designed to help students in Grades 3+ who lack a systematic approach for decoding multisyllabic words. It is Open Access (free!) and was developed by Dr. Jessica Toste and colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin.
PreK-Grade 2 Daily Phonemic Awareness Lessons from the Tennessee Dept of Ed
Click above for public website and access to all materials. Click here for all materials organized in a shared Google folder (Mon County restricted).
This webpage gives great info about phonological awareness as well as links to free activities and teacher tools. From the Massachusetts Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education.
At WordWall.net, a game creation site, you add your words to their templates for engaging foundational skills practice. You can access games that others have created on their Community page. Sign up required for basic free access.
Click above to check out this super-helpful video Choosing and Using Decodable Texts by Wiley Blevins.
Interactive Google Slides Word Work ResourcesÂ
Interactive Google Slides Word Work ResourcesÂ
You can download a copy to your drive and edit, send to your Google Classroom and make a copy for all of your students...
Initial Sounds Picture Sort Activity includes links to picture banks and blank templates for live and independent activities
Medial Short Vowel Picture Sort Activity includes links to picture banks and blank templates for live and independent activities
Make a Big Word Activity includes links to letter tiles and blank templates for live and independent activities
Printable Letter Tiles color and b&w versions---two sizes
I SPY Boards to develop phonological awareness-- includes instructional ideas and 4 boards
Environmental print is a powerful tool in boosting literacy. Click above to access our Mon County resource and here to read more about how it can be used.Â
She's a superstar in ed research and best practice--and she's practical, too!
Find videos, articles, and other resources for teaching phonics here.
Click above to check out another video from Wiley Blevins, the phonics guru. More on YouTube.
Discussion on how decodable books can be a invaluable addition to K-2 instruction and tips on choosing the best ones.
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