Optional+Resources

This page leads you to additional resources you might enjoy exploring to further your understanding of each of the topics we cover during the course. The resources are organized in the same sequence as the syllabus topics, and listed by date below. Feel free to add additional resources you know about related to each topic or to create additional topics to organize resources around.


 * IMPORTANT LITERACY STANDARDS AND EMERGENT LITERACY **


 * A. Grade Level Expectations and Common Core Standards **
 * See [|how to address the five core areas of reading] with this range of instructional activities from Florida Reads
 * Principal's Guide to Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School (Torgeson, Houston, Rissman & Kosanovich, 2007) - pages 5-9 succinctly outline how to balance the five components of reading instruction across each grade from kindergarten to grade 5) [[file:Principals Guide-Elementary.pdf]]


 * EARLY PHONICS SKILLS FOR BEGINNING READERS **


 * **Optional Related Resources: Designing Phonological Awareness Activities in Grades K-2**
 * [|PALS: Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening] and lots of accompanying activities (clik on Resources > Activities)
 * [|Instructional Routines for Teaching PA and Phonics in Grades K-2] (from Florida Center for Reading Research)
 * **Optional Related Resources: Designing Developmental Phonics Instruction**
 * **Great handout with 35 Alphabet Recognition Activities**: [[file:Alphabet Activities.pdf]]
 * Letter-Sound Correspondence
 * [|Introducing Letter Sound Correspondence from A-Z]
 * Song: [|Short and Long Vowels - Vowels in Every Word]
 * Jolly Phonics: [|Learning the Letter Sounds] (explanation of multisensory approach)
 * Jolly Songs: [|A-Z Book] (A song & poem for each letter)
 * **Sequencing** your instruction of letter/sound correspondences [[file:Teaching LetterSoundCorrespondences.pdf]]
 * **Blending**:
 * Instructional Video on [|Sounding Out CVC words and blending letter sounds]
 * Video: [|Smooth phonics for students having trouble with blending letter sounds]
 * Video: [|Group 1 Blending: s,a,t,i,p,n]
 * Songs: [|Jolly Phonics Group 1]
 * Video: [|Group 2 Blending: c,k,e,h,r,m,d]
 * Video: [|Group 3 Blending: g,o,u,l,f,b]