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Welcome to Building Oral Language and Phonology! This module is the second of six online modules in the course Building a Strong Foundation for Lifelong Literacy Success, a professional learning series aimed at supporting teachers’ efforts to promote reading achievement in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

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In this module, participants will examine the language foundations of reading and learn about the oral and written language systems related to literacy. Participants will learn the progression of oral language development and make connections between the language components and literacy instruction. Building on participants’ knowledge and awareness of the language foundations of reading, the next section explores how a language-rich environment in the classroom can help further develop students’ oral language and literacy learning. It includes descriptions and examples of the three elements of a language-rich environment and videos of lessons that demonstrate how teachers can provide interactive language opportunities.

In the phonological awareness development and instruction section, participants will learn about the three most common reading-related phonological processes and their contributions to reading development and difficulties. Next, participants will learn about the importance of phonological awareness and will explore its levels as well as the developmental progression of phonological awareness skills. Participants will then learn about the importance of phonemic awareness and its relevance to reading. Then they will learn how to teach phonological awareness and its implications for typical and struggling readers. Participants will identify where students are on the phonological awareness continuum as a method of formative assessment. Participants will analyze two lessons to identify effective features.

Participants will learn the importance of phonemic awareness instruction and how it is the most important skill for reading and spelling under the phonological awareness umbrella. They will learn about continuous and stop sounds and the importance of producing the most blendable sounds. Participants will complete activities and view videos on phonemic awareness, as well as classify types of phonemic awareness skills. Participants will review effective phonological awareness instruction and analyze two lessons to identify effective features of lessons on phonemic awareness. Finally, participants will review the assessment cycle in relation to phonological and phonemic awareness tasks.

 

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PCG Education’s Pepper modules are developed by educational professionals with deep experience in teaching and learning, instructional leadership, curriculum design, professional development, and the implementation of College and Career Ready Standards. Our subject matter experts hold advanced degrees and have years of classroom experience. In addition to being excellent educators and dynamic professional development facilitators, many of our staff have held leadership roles in schools, district offices, and state departments of education.
EOU101
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Course Code: EOU102
Course Release: Nov 07, 2023
Estimated Effort: 8 hours

Suggested Prerequisites:
EOU101

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