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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Class last night
I was wondering if anyone could explain to me why we need to know about phonemes if we are teaching special ed. I remember talking about that in class however I do not know exactly what she said.
Bridget, in response to your question, I found this in blackboard weekly resources under "Teaching Children Phonemes-Phonems Awareness". The article states that "Phoneme awareness is the ability to identify phonemes, the vocal gestures from which words are constructed, when they are found in their natural context--spoken words. Children need phoneme awareness to learn to read because letters represent phonemes in words." I hope that helps!
I believe that if a student is having trouble saying a word we can break it down using the phonemes, which is sounds, so they will be able to decode the word and figure it out. Most people do this without even realizing it. It is especially effective with special ed. students because they can break the word down into smaller pieces instead of one big word. I have used this technique many times without realizing what it was called. Hope this helps!
In some special education classrooms we are faced with children whose language abilities can vary greatly. Yes, age and what type of disability the child has both play a role in their language and comprehension, however if we as educators would like to know exactly what level the child was on or if he or she met a certian criteria this would possible by taking a language sample and breaking it down by phonemes and morophems to get a better more clear picture of where the child stands in terms of language and or speech. I also agree with the other responces in addition to the language analysis advantage.
Let's see if we can create a list of reasons we believe children need to know their alphabet. Additionally why would children need to know the sounds letters make or when/how children would use these.
One reason children need to know their alphabet and what sounds letters make is so they can learn to read. Learning to read would be impossible without these skills.
I know that phonemes almost are so easy that you can make it harder than it seems but I think that it is really important to understand how sounds make words. I have a daughter in first grade and I have noticed that some of her homework covers some of the material that we have covered in class.
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Bridget, in response to your question, I found this in blackboard weekly resources under "Teaching Children Phonemes-Phonems Awareness". The article states that "Phoneme awareness is the ability to identify phonemes, the vocal gestures from which words are constructed, when they are found in their natural context--spoken words. Children need phoneme awareness to learn to read because letters represent phonemes in words." I hope that helps!
I believe that if a student is having trouble saying a word we can break it down using the phonemes, which is sounds, so they will be able to decode the word and figure it out. Most people do this without even realizing it. It is especially effective with special ed. students because they can break the word down into smaller pieces instead of one big word. I have used this technique many times without realizing what it was called. Hope this helps!
In some special education classrooms we are faced with children whose language abilities can vary greatly. Yes, age and what type of disability the child has both play a role in their language and comprehension, however if we as educators would like to know exactly what level the child was on or if he or she met a certian criteria this would possible by taking a language sample and breaking it down by phonemes and morophems to get a better more clear picture of where the child stands in terms of language and or speech.
I also agree with the other responces in addition to the language analysis advantage.
Let's see if we can create a list of reasons we believe children need to know their alphabet. Additionally why would children need to know the sounds letters make or when/how children would use these.
One reason children need to know their alphabet and what sounds letters make is so they can learn to read. Learning to read would be impossible without these skills.
I know that phonemes almost are so easy that you can make it harder than it seems but I think that it is really important to understand how sounds make words. I have a daughter in first grade and I have noticed that some of her homework covers some of the material that we have covered in class.
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