Publisher's Synopsis
Remove the confusion around phonological awareness and equip pupils with all the skills needed to conquer the world of words-spelling, reading and writing-with our must-have Phonological Awareness Skills series. This series of five comprehensive books covers all the basics for young pupils (from four years of age) but is also useful for older pupils who are struggling with phonics and spelling. It develops skills that fit into any phonics or spelling programme. This book focuses on Auditory Discrimination, Rhyming and Alliteration. This series is an excellent resource to help teachers address the 'Phonological and phonemic awareness' learning outcome of the national curriculum, which states that pupils 'enjoy rhyming and rhythmic activities and shows awareness of rhyme and alliteration'. For the CfE the learning outcomes are as follows: 'enjoy exploring and playing with patterns and sounds of language' in listening, talking and reading. This series emphasises the oral element in phonological awareness. Twelve skills are presented in developmental order over the five books and include the following: Book 1: Auditory Discrimination, Rhyming and Alliteration Book 2: Segmentation and Syllabification, and Blending Book 3: Phoneme Matching and Phoneme Isolation Book 4: Phoneme Completion, and Phoneme Addition and Deletion Book 5: Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Substitution and Phoneme Reversal The last seven skills relate to phoneme manipulation. The skills are developed through fun, hands-on games and activities for whole-class, small group and pair work, with full instructions (including the actual words to say, if required). The games and activities are perfect for learning stations and station teaching. They can also be used for early finishers to consolidate skills or to motivate young pupils needing extension. All game/activity resources, supporting worksheets if applicable, differentiation ideas, formative and summative assessments and answers are provided. Literature links and suggested websites for games are also included where applicable.
