Amerie's Phonemic Awareness

Knowledge of onset and rime allows students to read unknown words based on existing word knowledge and the ability to build word families (Pinnell & Fountas, 1998, p. 236) based on rime sounds. The introduction of phonemes during phonological awareness occurs in the last level, where explicit instruction is used to teach students how to detect, segment, count, blend and manipulate separate phonemes (Yopp & Yopp, 2009, p. 3). Strategies to support phonological awareness includes counting and clapping out both sentences and syllables, rhyme riddles, guess which object (Yopp & Yopp, 2009, p. 8), segmenting words requiring students to blend back together and instruction of rhyme identification (Fellows & Oakley, 2010, p. 190). Rhyme identification can be explored through song and nursery rhymes, grouping words according to onset and rime (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2004, p. 331), rhyming games such as roll a rhyme (Fellows & Oakley, 2010, p. 190) and cumulative reading texts. Children not exposed to different forms of rhyming within the home environment will need explicit instruction in how to determine what a rhyming word and what it is. As the concept of rhyme is normally introduced before developing reading ability, students struggling with identifying sounds may benefit from picture cards to introduce the concept, allowing them to group and identify rime

As solely a student, I will tell you that Lauren is an amazing student. In a classroom environment, Lauren is knowledgeable about many subjects, participates often, and always seeks to learn more. Specifically in social studies, Lauren has an extensive knowledge of international, historical, dates; events; and people. With every book that we read in English, Lauren is able to find metaphors that I never would have noticed.

There are many components to building a student’s reading skill set. One skill that is introduced in preschool and developed through the primary grades is phonemic awareness. The term phonemic awareness is defined as the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes – individual sounds. The child becomes aware of how sounds are connected to words prior to reading. This awareness creates the understanding of how phonemes explains how the smallest part of sound creates a difference in sound to the meaning of a word. Therefore, the ability to dismantle words, and reassemble them, and then to alter the word into something different explains the concept behind phonemic awareness. It is the primary foundation in which other reading skill sets are according based.

She is a great inspiration to me, and inspires me even more to become a teacher.

After each day, the students would hang out in the dorms and Gabriela was always open and kind to others. There was an incident where a student had a panic attack and Gabriela called me and stayed with the student until I reached them. Gabriela stayed with the student the entire night and even slept in the room of the student because the student didn’t want to sleep alone. Gabriela’s display of empathy and selflessness was admirable and are characteristics of a great leader.

The atmosphere she created in her classroom was unlike any teacher I’d ever had. If there’s one thing I could say, her class was never boring. Whether she was wearing a witch hat waving around a plastic sword – in correlation to Macbeth, or jamming out with an air guitar to Iron Maiden - pertaining to Dante’s Inferno. She could include anyone’s interest to make sure learning was fun for everyone. The love and compassion she has for teaching radiates off of

Surprisingly, I learned so much from Annie that I was becoming a top student at Haines. From the many times I spoke and listen to her, my confidence in speaking English improved. I tried to replicated her diligences toward academics. It was a success. From fifth to eighth grade, I was making A and B’s on my report card. I competed in Citywide Science Fair and Statewide History fair competition. Our school principal even gave me applauding recognition. Weimin was attached to greatness.

I found Ms. Young to be eager, enthusiastic and sensitive to her approach to succeed in my class. Her positive outlook played out well during her experience in my class. Ms. Young has a sincerity and willingness to work hard that will serve her

Honorable teachers are those who are a daily encouragement and inspiration and it commonly goes unappreciated. However, the gratitude I feel toward Diane Starkey is insurmountable because of the significant impact she has made in my life. Starkey has given me wisdom in her classroom, advice for life, and taken me by the hand and been one of the most remarkable friends I have had.

Beginning with the first day of class, Amy has impressed me as being exceptional in every sense of the word. Amy excels in all areas, particularly the domains of scholarship, character, citizenship, and leadership.

Hannah was a very sweet and cooperative young lady and I enjoyed my time with her during this assessment period. She is very compliant and willing to do what is necessary to develop compensatory skills that will help her in her academics.

As an educator and school administrator, she wanted the best from her students and for her students. She was positive, encouraging and always praised their accomplishments. Her expectations were always set high for her students and for herself. After her retirement with over 30 years

Jillian is a wonderful student to have in class. She is very curious and loves to help take care of others. I am impressed with her attention to detail and desire to learn. She has made great gains in reading and enjoys our math activities. She is one of the first students to volunteer and wants to share her thinking with the class. Have a great

I am most impressed by Anna's willingness to help in any situation.  She is a dependable and reliable person who is always eager to aid others.  Through her work with a special needs program and as a lifeguard, Anna has shown her dedication towards helping people.  Every time I see Anna, she always greets me with a friendly smile and has a very warm and approachable demeanor.  Anna has been a consistent program-goer and has supported many of the floor programs that we have held.

How did you learn to read? Most of us do not put much thought into this question, but learning to read is a difficult task. According to Cervetti and Hiebert, the National Reading Panel identified five essential components that a teacher should use during reading instruction, which gives the student the highest chance of being an effective reader (2015, p. 548). These five essential components are also called five pillars of reading instruction. They are Phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. This paper will describe each of the five pillars, how they are related, the benefits, as well as give some effective methods of teaching phonics and phonemic awareness. It will continue by addressing the relationship between reading assessment and instruction and end by identifying ways to address the needs and different learning styles of a student. This paper will start by looking at a definition of phonics and phonemic awareness, then move onto the role that each play in learning to read, how they are related, the benefits and effective methods of teaching both.