Read Chapter 2 from Speech to Print. Then, create an activity that shows how to teach phoneme awareness. Conduct this activity in class. Additionally, complete the template, which has three parts: a place that summarizes your micro-teach, a place for the theoretical foundation that supports your lesson, and a catch-all place for your questions, comments, ideas, etc.
In creating your activity, consider the following overarching question:
What one reason teachers should start with speech sounds when thinking about teaching early readers?
Rich areas of focus for this assignment:
Consonants and their distinctive features; place and manner of articulation; consonant spelling errors as indicators of phoneme confusions.
18 vowel phonemes plus schwa, by order of articulation—front to back, high to low; tense/lax distinction; vowel + r combinations; minimal pairs; schwa; phonetic transcriiption; other languages’ vowel systems; and principles of instruction.
