Print Awareness: Students can identify that their are differences in types of print. A sign for a bathroom indicates a bathroom, a storybook will tell a story, a list of ingredients will produced a type of food.
Sounds of Speech: I struggled with speech as a child, and still often confuse my students with I say "swirl," they all think I am saying "squirrel." It's important to be able to identify if a student is struggling with speech at an early age to help them correct it. My parents and teachers detected that I had trouble pronouncing certain words and phrases, I was lucky and attended speech at school and outside of school. But, even with help I clearly still have some difficulty with speech.
Spelling: In this day and age we really need to focus on spelling words correctly, and not depending on spell check or auto correct. Many of my students cannot spell average words like font, color, theme, etc. Introducing technology is great, but we really need to something to turn inaccurate spelling around.
I feel every subject area covers some aspect of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Writing and it will continue to grow.
Great point about students and spelling. With technology at their fingertips, they don't have to rely on spelling skills to make a point. It is definitely a forgotten aspect of reading and writing and something educators should pay special attention to.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that spelling instruction is critical to prevent students from depending on spell check without a basic understanding. Exploring moments when spell check can fail them could help cement the importance of spelling and having a solid word knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the spelling. My son is just in 3rd grade and I already see how he types words knowing the spelling check will correct him. I also agree with Ginny that showing them examples in which the spelling checker doesn't do a good job, would help a lot.
ReplyDeleteHI!!!!! I TOTALLY agree with you when you mentioned kids learning how to spell. Now everything is spell check, and even emojis. I feel like with the way society is changing so rapidly students aren't learning the fundamentals of print, and spelling because everything seems to be given to them so easily with the use of technology.
ReplyDeleteResearch shows that learning to spell and learning to read rely on much of the same underlying knowledge. Learn more about the relationships between letters and sounds and how a proper understanding of spelling mechanics can lead to improved reading.
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