Phonemic Awareness: What it is and Why do we teach it?

Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Awareness, Oh My!  We discuss the ins and outs of both phonological awareness and phonemic awareness and why they are so critical. Young children need to gain these foundational skills of literacy early on. This video will help make sure we are all teaching kids correctly to give them their best shot at gaining strong literacy skills for future reading success!

What, Why, and When of Beginner Phonics Lessons

New YouTube Video!

Throughout the early grades there are a few major components that are critical when learning to read: phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, and text reading. When these components are linked together, taught explicitly, applied to word blending and text reading, they create powerful weapons in the fight against illiteracy! In this short video, we discuss the importance of these components in the early grades, and provide some understanding that is necessary for explicit phonics instruction to young children.

Zeno Words
Phonics Resources

How to Use the Reading Components in Your Classroom

Watch our YouTube video as we explain how to use the reading components in your classroom (k-6)! Our video and informational FREEBIE gives you an overview of: 

What each reading component is, 

How we can assess each component, and 

What effective instruction should include.

The reading components include oral language, print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. We hope this video and download will help clarify these very important aspects of literacy and will help you include each of them in your daily teaching.

Reading Components Handout
Fluency Resources 
Comprehension Resources
Phonics Resources