I noticed
the teacher in the classroom video doing word activities similar to what I do
during my phonics instruction in first grade. Listening for and identifying
beginning, middle, and ending sounds are a routine part of my phonics
instruction. Also, working with rhyming words is a common activity. I think
these oral activities are critical to a child’s development as a reader.
In
the video with the teacher and the student doing the “Phoneme Segmentation Assessment” I wondered why she was letting the
student construct the words from right to left? It seems like that could be
confusing for the child. I also noticed the child moving the blocks back and
forth so much and rather quickly that it was hard to tell sometimes if the
student used 3 or 4 blocks to segment a word. I wanted to see what the teacher
was writing on her paper, because I wasn’t sure what the results of some words
on this assessment would show. This assessment is similar to Elkonin Boxes
which I have used as an intervention in the past. I may have my tutee work with
tiles or boxes to segment difficult words if I feel that would be an effective
strategy for her.
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