From the classroom to the world€¦ · From the classroom to the world Why is reading important? “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” -Harry S. Truman

National Geographic Learning Reading A to Z

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Reading A to Z (from the Alphabet Song

to Oral Reading)

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Why is reading important?

“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

-Harry S. TrumanThe thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953)


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The ABC song(s)

1. Now I know my ABC’s

Won't you come and sing with me?

2. Now I know my ABC’s

Next time won't you sing with me?

3. Happy, happy, I'm happy

I can sing my ABC

4. Happy, happy, now you see

I can sing my ABC

♪A - B - C - D - E - F - G

H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P

Q - R - S

T - U - V

W - X - Y and Z

♪A - B - C - D - E - F - G

H - I - J - K - L - M – N

O -P - Q - R - S - T

U - V - W

X - Y - Z

Make It Active!clapping/stomping/tapping/humming/air writing/table writing /back writing

A, B, C ‘s


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A, B, C’s

• Five pages of prewriting practice• Alphabet presentation with real-world photos

and examples• 13 pages of guided letter-writing practice• Numbers 1-10 presentation and practice• Eight pages of writing practice• A Review Game• Audio for practicing the sounds of the alphabet,

available online


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Letters OR Letter Sounds?

A says /a/, /a/, apple… ♪ Alphabet jingle

Phonemic Awareness

What is Phonemic Awareness?

• Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds - phonemes - in spoken words.Children must understand that words are made up of speech sounds, or phonemes (the smallest parts of sound in a spoken word that make a difference in a word's meaning).

• BEFORE phonics and reading

Why is Phonemic Awareness Important?

• It improves students' word reading and comprehension.

• It helps students learn to spell.


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Phonemic Awareness activities

The ability to listen closely is a key ingredient of phonemic awareness.

• Listening Game

• “Moo, Moo, Where are you?”

Jeannie Partin

7 steps to increase Phonemic Awareness

1. Rhyming 2. Alliteration 3. Syl-la-ble awareness 4. Phoneme blending 5. Sound Positions 6. Phonemic Segmentation Fluency7. Phoneme manipulation

Phonemic awareness is the most powerful predictor of success in learning to read.


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Happy Phonics readers


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Our World Phonics



Our World Phonics walk through

Sound Positions

Our World Phonics walk through

Phoneme blending



Sight Word Instruction(High Frequency Words)

• Dolch’s list 220 words ＋ 95 nouns.intended for children preschool through grade 3.

• Fry’s list Fry 1000 Instant Wordsintended for grades 1 through 6.

do does you she he said the who havein on at and yellow box big dog yes no

↑ Some of them follow the phonics rules.



Stages of reading development

"Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read."

— Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams

Literacy Advisor for "Sesame Street"Visiting Professor in the Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Department

at Brown University

Why is reading aloud important?



Who tells stories in your classroom?

• TO

• WITH

• BY

You? Yes. And who else?

To -> With -> By

• (TO) Modeled reading / Reading aloud to children

• (WITH) Echo Reading with Children

• (WITH) Choral Reading with Children

• (WITH) Shared Reading with Children, Guided Reading with Children

• (WITH) Assisted reading (Scaffolding), Paired Reading (Buddy Reading/Partner Reading)

• (BY) Reading Aloud by Children sharing & performing



- Pre-reading activities- Listening/watching the CD/DVD story- Shared reading- Independent browsing- Paired reading- Independent read-aloud

The stages of reading development















Students’ Independent Browsing

Paired Reading

Independent reading aloud



Why Oral Reading?

Oral reading can be a fun, engaging, and authentic experience

- real reading and real language

- builds confidence

- creates community

- connects spoken and written language

- strengthens decoding skills

- fosters fluency(Rasinski, 2010)

Students read aloud in collaboration

“The Ant and the Grasshopper” (Our World Level 2 reader)



Why Read-Aloud?

- fun and motivational

- reading aloud with expression and emotion helps children to become good communicators

- integrated study that fosters children’s emotional development

(Oshima, 2011)

What is scaffolding?

• A “scaffold” is a temporary platform.

• “Scaffolding” means to provide support.

• Scaffolds get students to a higher level that they cannot reach without support.

• To know how to scaffold is to know how to teach.

(Kathy Walker)



Why use scaffolding?

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Happy Reading!

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References

Oshima, Emi(2011). Let’s Read Aloud! 声に出して読む英語絵本. 東京:中央公論新社

Partin, Jeannie (n.d. ). Early Childhood Teacher Web site

5 Quick, Easy, and Fun Phonemic Awareness Activities.Retrieved September 13, 2016, from http://www.earlychildhoodteacher.org/blog/5-quick-easy-and-fun-phonemic-awareness-activities/

Rasinski, T.V. (2010). The Fluent Reader (2nd Edition): Oral & Silent Reading Strategies for Building Fluency, Word Recognition & Comprehension. New York: Scholastic

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