Saturday, July 2, 2011

Literacy Components

This PowerPoint presentation, by Beverly Campbell, will explain the basic literacy components to teach to ensure exceptional language development.

Consonant Clusters

Learning about consonant cluster.  A consonant cluster is a group of consonants with no intervening vowel.  For example, /fr/ like frog.  In this video, you will have a better understanding of consonant clusters.

Great Websites

This is a great website for better understanding phonics.

http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Phonemic_awareness

Starfall is a great website that reinforces phonics through entertaining games and songs.  This website also allows students to be read to and then read.

This is a great place for parents and educators to print games to play and reinforce phonics anytime.

http://www.printablereadinggames.com/games.htm

Phonological Awareness Continuum

This image shows the steps that all children make while learning a language.