Tag Archives: Phonemic Awareness
Eight Great Reading Fluency Activities
According to the National Reading Panel, the four components of reading are: comprehension, vocabulary, fluency and alphabetics. As ESOL teachers we know how to teach vocabulary and comprehension, but fluency and alphabetics are terra incognita. So here, I introduce four classics and four more contemporary activities that focus on specific skill development in reading …
Let’s Get Physical: Teaching Pronunciation
For pronunciation, I take a physical and playful approach. Many of my students are from Central America. They are reserved and find the expressive movements necessary for pronouncing American English quite embarrassing. I try to keep our pronunciation practice playful. As we practice, I make silly faces and try to get them to mobilize their …
Multilevel Dictation Handout
This is a handout a collegue, John Antonellis, created to use with dictations in his class.
More Word Families for Dictations
Here is a list of over 50 word families for Word Family Dictations or any other word study you do in your class.
Dictation with Word Families
Sometimes I use dictation to help students focus on spelling and sound patterns in English. This is one variation. Word Family Dictation: 1. I draw two columns on the board and write a word family at the top of each column. Students copy the columns on paper. 2. I say a word and …
Spelling and Visualization
Spelling those sight words in English is a challenge for us all, but it’s a particular challenge for our low-level literacy students. This is a technique I learned from a Special Education teacher. It really works!
