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Materials
For each participant:
✓ Chapter 6 of What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction
✓ Charting the Research form (see Appendix)
✓ Learning log
Session Activities
Initiating learning
Working in partners, group members explore the meaning of isolation,
identity, categorization, blending, and segmenting in the context of a
phonemic awareness instructional activity.
Interactive group design
In table groups, participants should explore targeted research studies
presented in Chapter 6 and capture key findings on the Charting the
Research graphic organizer.
Learning logs: Reflection and application
Ask participants to think about the research summarized in the
Charting the Research organizer. Based on this research, how is
phonemic awareness a means of enhancing children’s learning of the
alphabetic system for use in their reading and writing? Participants
should note ideas in their logs.
Extended Learning
In the coming week, participants should focus on the second of
the chapter’s Questions for Discussion: Look at the lessons in your
school’s adopted beginning reading program and identify the ones
that purport to teach phonemic awareness. Determine what types of
phonemic awareness are taught and whether print is incorporated
into the instruction. Critique the lessons and their likely effectiveness
based on your reading of this chapter. If found lacking, how might the
instruction be strengthened?
From the Professional Development Edition of What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction
(3rd ed.), © 2009 International Reading Association.
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