A Sound Start : Phonemic Awareness Lessons for Reading Success

Phonemic Awareness: An Introduction 1(8) Phonemic Awareness and Learning to Read 2(1) Instruction in Phonemic Awareness 2(1) Assessment of Phonemic Awareness 3(1) General Instructional Issues 4(1) The Lessons in This Book 5(1) References 6(3) Introduction to the Whole-Class and Small-Group Lessons 9(12) General Guidelines 9(1) Sequence of Skills 9(1) Plan of the Lessons 10(1) Data on Effectiveness 11(1) Assessment 12(1) References 13(1) Phonemic Awareness Assessment 14(7) The Whole-Class and Small-Group Lessons 21(142) Lesson 1: Concept of Words 23(11) Lesson 2: Rhyme Recognition and Discrimination 34(10) Lesson 3: Rhyme Choice 44(13) Lesson 4: Rhyme Production 57(6) Lesson 5: Syllable Counting 63(8) Lesson 6: Syllable Blending 71(11) Lesson 7: Syllable Deletion 82(7) Lesson 8: Onset-Rime Blending 89(7) Lesson 9: Onset-Rime Blending 96(7) Lesson 10: Review of Rhyming and of Syllable and Onset-Rime Blending 103(5) Lesson 11: Initial Phoneme Identification 108(9) Lesson 12: Initial Phoneme Production 117(3) Lesson 13: Final Phoneme Identification 120(3) Lesson 14: Final Phoneme Production 123(6) Lesson 15: Medial Phoneme Isolation 129(6) Lesson 16: Phoneme Counting 135(4) Lesson 17: Blending Two- and Three-Phoneme Words 139(8) Lesson 18: Phoneme Blending 147(6) Lesson 19: Phoneme Segmentation 153(4) Lesson 20: Review of Initial, Medial, and Final Sounds and of Phoneme Counting, Blending, and Segmenting 157(6) Individualized Instruction in Phonemic Awareness 163(10) The Individualized Lessons 164(1) Assessment for the Individualized Lessons 165(1) Effectiveness of the Lessons 165(1) Getting Started 166(1) References 167(1) Assessment for Individualized Lessons 168(3) Progress Chart 171(2) The Individualized Lessons 173(62) Lesson 1: Beginning Sounds /m/ and /s/ 175(4) Lesson 2: Beginning Sounds /f/ and /n/ 179(4) Lesson 3: Beginning Sounds /p/ and /t/ 183(4) Lesson 4: Review of Beginning Sounds 187(1) Lesson 5: Letters m and s for Beginning Sounds 188(4) Lesson 6: Letters f and n for Beginning Sounds 192(4) Lesson 7: Letters p and t for Beginning Sounds 196(4) Lesson 8: Letters m, s, and f for Beginning Sounds 200(4) Lesson 9: Letters n, p, and t for Beginning Sounds 204(4) Lesson 10: Review of Letters for Beginning Sounds 208(2) Lesson 11: Letters n, p, t for Ending Sounds 210(4) Lesson 12: Ending Sounds /n/, /p/, and /t/ 214(3) Lesson 13: Ending Sounds /n/, /p/, and /t/ 217(3) Lesson 14: Beginning Letters m, s, f and Ending Letters n, p, t 220(4) Lesson 15: Beginning Letters n, p, t and Ending Letters n, p, t 224(4) Lesson 16: Letters for Beginning and Ending Sounds 228(3) Posttest and Take-Home Tiny Books 231(4) Phoneme Characteristics and Lessons 235(50) Importance of Understanding Phoneme Production 235(1) Phonemes in Words 235(1) Similarities between Phonemes 236(1) Description of Phoneme Production 236(3) Lessons for Specific Phonemes 239(1) References 239(1) Phoneme /b/ (Letter b) 240(2) Phoneme /k/ (Letters c, k) 242(2) Phoneme /d/ (Letter d) 244(2) Phoneme /f/ (Letter f) 246(2) Phoneme /g/ (Letter g) 248(2) Phoneme /h/ (Letter h) 250(2) Phoneme /d3/ (Letter j, Digraph dg, Letter g) 252(2) Phoneme /l/ (Letter l) 254(2) Phoneme /m/ (Letter m) 256(2) Phoneme /n/ (Letter n) 258(2) Phoneme /p/ (Letter p) 260(2) Phoneme /r/ (Letter r) 262(2) Phoneme /s/ (Letter s) 264(2) Phoneme /t/ (Letter t) 266(2) Phoneme /v/ (Letter v) 268(2) Phoneme /w/ (Letter w) 270(2) Phoneme /j/ (Letter y) 272(2) Phoneme /z/ (Letter z) 274(2) Phoneme /∫/ (Digraph sh) 276(2) Phoneme /t∫/ (Digraph ch) 278(2) Phoneme /η/ (Digraph ng) 280(2) Phonemes /θ/ (thumb), /ð/ (those) (Digraph th) 282(3) Appendix: Books, Materials, and Alternative Books for Each Class Lesson 285(8) Index 293