Universal Access Flashcards
If a student is struggling with phonological awareness?
Focus on primary skills of:
- oral blending
- oral segmenting
- pre-teach & re-teach
- provide additional practice such as hands on methods for phoneme counting (ex. Elkonin Box)
If a student has special needs in regards to phonological awareness instruction…
- focus on mastery of key skills to support reading foundation of segmenting & oral blending.
- have modalities available to assist in mastering content standards.
- pre-teach & re-teach
- provide additional practice using various methods such as visuals, tactile, auditory & kinesthetic.
If an ELL student is struggling with phonological awareness…
- pre-teach phonemes, letters & sounds, that may not be in their primary language.
- use correct sequence of phoneme instruction to prevent confusion.
- differentiate instruction for letters that are similar in sound. /b/ & /v/ sound the same to some students.
Advanced Learners in phonological awareness…
- do not give more work.
- increase the pace of phonemic awareness instruction.
- blend phonemic awareness and phonics together
- incorporate simple text and phonic writing.
If a student is struggling with concepts about print..
- pre-teach concepts & display labels of book parts, letters, words and sentences in order to drive instruction.
- teach isolated concepts in chunks
- follow up with small group instruction on concepts the same day using hand-on approach
When instructing a student with special needs on concepts about print…
- pre-teach the concepts and display labels of book parts, letters, words and sentences during instruction.
- teach isolated concepts in chunks
- provide additional practice using larger print, repeat concepts, use kinesthetic and tactile methods.
When instructing an ELL student on concepts about print..
- pre-teach concepts that are not part of the primary language and display examples during instruction.
- teach isolated concepts: 1 day - letter, 1 day - word, 1 day-sentence (three separate days), 1 day - title, 1 day - front cover etc.
- transfer knowledge from primary language to English using a T chart to display.
When instructing a Advanced Learner on concepts about print…
- increase the pace
- expand activities to reading the letters, words and sentences.
- begin phonics and phonetic spelling to describe environmental & book print.
When instructing a struggling student on letter recognition and the alphabetic principle…
-teach a small set of letters and sounds until mastery occurs.
-use a variety of materials: letter tiles, letter cards, songs, magnetic letters and interactive activities.
-pre-teach & re-teach in small groups
provide repetitive practice and instructions
When instructing students with special needs on letter recognition and the alphabetic principle…
- teach a small set of letters and sounds until mastery occurs
- use a variety of materials: letter tiles, letter cards, songs, magnetic letters and interactive activities
- pre-teach and re-teach in small groups to isolate unknown skills
- repetitive practice & instruction using various modalities
When instructing ELL students on letter recognition and the alphabetic principle…
- transfer concepts in primary language to the English language.
- use a variety of materials: letter tiles, letter cards, songs, magnetic tiles and interactive activities
- pre-teach and re-teach letters & sounds that are not in the primary language
- repetitive practice and instruction
- Use T chart
When instructing Advanced Learners on letter recognition and the alphabetic principle…
- -assess for mastery of concepts
- begin stages of phonics instruction
- -small group instruction for reading decodable books
- begin writing activities
When a student is struggling with phonics and sight word recognition…
- Provide differentiated instruction focusing on phonics skills that are not mastered. MAY NEED TO GO BELOW THEIR GRADE LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MASTERING THEIR PHONICS SKILLS IN ORDER TO KEEP GOING.
- Use letter tiles, letter cards and interactive activities to support phonics instruction (concentration, bingo, spelling sight words with cards)
- pre-teach and re-teach in small grups to isolate the unknown skills
- repetitive practice and multiple exposures for phonics and sight words
- highlight high frequency words for sight word instruction
When instructing students with special needs in phonics and sight word recognition…
- differentiate instruction by focusing on key phonics skills not mastered.
- use a variety of materials to support phonics instruction that uses auditory, visual, kinesthetic and tactile techniques.
- pre-teach and re-teach in small groups to isolate unknown skills and use systematic instruction
- repetitive practice and multiple exposures for sight words
When instructing ELL students in phonics and sight word recognition..
- transfer concepts in primary language to English language.
- Explicitly pre-teach sounds that are not in the primary language and are difficult to transfer to English language.
- explicitly teach the meaning of sight words
- provide differentiated instruction on the areas of need.
When instructing Advanced Learners in phonics and sight word recognition…
- increase the pace of phonics instruction,
- increase the level of reading, incorporating multisyllabic words.
- promote transitional and conventional spelling in independent writing above grade level.