English Language Development

consonant and short-vowel sounds and spell words phonetically (L.K–1.2), are highly related to the foundational skills standards ...

in print to form recognizable words. Instruction begins with simple letter-sound relationships and systematically progresses to ...

It is essential that children develop phonological awareness early in the elementary school years, with the goal of attaining ph ...

Figure 3.9 provides the 43 commonly identified English phonemes. Other languages have more or fewer phonemes. Figure 3.9. Englis ...

Phonological awareness develops along a multidimensional continuum (Phillips, Clancy-Menchetti, and Lonigan 2008), which should ...

Phonics and Word Recognition During transitional kindergarten through grade one, children make great strides in their ability to ...

Figure 3.10. Phonics and Word Recognition Terminology, Including Morphology Term Definition Example Consonant A phoneme that is ...

Term Definition Example Prefix An affix attached to the beginning of a root word re in redo un in unkind pre in preschool Suffix ...

During the grade span, phonics and word recognition instruction focuses on knowledge of letter-sound and spelling-sound correspo ...

Target words that represent vocabulary and concepts with which the children are familiar. Teach blending explicitly. Blending w ...

Instruction in phonics and word recognition closely complements and coincides with instruction related to other standards, stran ...

the context of purposeful and meaningful reading activities, and because they read for meaning, they are guided by the teacher t ...

Great care is taken to ensure that EL children who are learning to read in English understand the importance of making meaning w ...

Oral Skills cont. Spoken English proficiency Students will need instruction in applying their knowledge of the English sound sys ...

Educators also learn about the children in their classrooms through skillful assessment of their strengths and needs. Early in t ...

Having children focus on how phonemes are produced enhances phonemic awareness (Castiglioni-Spalten and Ehri 2003). Children ma ...

English as an additional language, how to meet these needs throughout the day during ELA and other content areas (through integr ...

texts are read aloud repeatedly. For example, when a general academic word is encountered (e.g., when words like extraordinary, ...

Transitional Kindergarten Transitional kindergarten provides young learners a literacy and language rich curriculum and environm ...

Figure 3.12. Literacy and Language Environments and Practices for Young Children Programs provide the following: Caring and know ...