Foundational Skills

1. Foundational Skills Module 4

2. English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

3. Language 6 Anchor Standards Reading 10 Anchor Standards Writing 10 Anchor Standards Speaking & Listening 6 Anchor Standards Foundational Narrative Vocabulary Oral Language Written Language Literary Opinion Informational Argumentative Explanatory

4. Foundational Skills Students must have the foundational skills in order to read and comprehend complex texts.

5. Foundational Skills • Common Core Foundational Skills do not include comprehension and vocabulary • Foundational Skills include: • Print concepts • Phonological awareness • Phonics and word recognition • Fluency

6. Foundational Skills • Acquiring comprehension and vocabulary skills is a 13-year process in the Common Core where one year builds on the next • In order for proper scaffolding, Foundational Skills must be firmly taught • Without Foundational Skills in place, students will have difficulty comprehending the increasingly more rigorous text and vocabulary

7. Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas.

8. Foundational Skills Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas. Print Concepts Understanding of what print represents and how it works

9. Foundational Skills Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas. Print Concepts Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Understanding of what print represents and how it works

10. Foundational Skills Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas. Print Concepts Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Phonics & Word Recognition -Associates the sounds of words to the spelling -Applies phonics to word identification Understanding of what print represents and how it works

11. Foundational Skills Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas. Print Concepts Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Phonics & Word Recognition -Associates the sounds of words to the spelling -Applies phonics to word identification Fluency The ability to read accurately, quickly, effortlessly, and with appropriate expression and meaning Understanding of what print represents and how it works

12. Foundational Skills Foundational Skills Focus on the development of student understanding and the working knowledge of four key areas. Print Concepts Phonological Awareness Involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables, and sound Phonics & Word Recognition -Associates the sounds of words to the spelling -Applies phonics to word identification Fluency Able to read accurately, quickly, effortlessly, and with appropriate expression and meaning Understanding of what print represents and how it works

13. Print Concepts • Children need regular and active interactions with print to develop an understanding of how print works • Print Concepts include • Concepts of Print • Alphabetic Principle • Basic Conventions of English

14. Concepts of Print • Understand the necessary foundational skills that facilitate learning to read and write at an independent level • Understand that the print (not the picture) tells the story • Includes • Directionality • Differences between letter, word and sentence • Voice-Print matching • Punctuation

15. Foundational Skills Print Concepts Grade K Grade 1

18. Phonological Awareness • Phonological Awareness, the ability to identify different sounds and then to connect those sounds to the letters of the alphabet, is the key to learning to read • Phonological Awareness is an umbrella term that involves working with sentences, words, rhyme, syllables and sounds • The objective is for students to be able to manipulate words, word parts, and sounds

19. Foundational Skills Phonological Awareness Grade K Grade 1

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22. Phonics and Word Recognition • Phonics instruction teach students the association between sounds of the language and the written symbols • The written symbols are a visual representation of speech sounds that we use to communicate • The application of phonics leads to word recognition

23. Foundational Skills Phonics and Word Recognition Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

30. Fluency • Fluency is the ability to read or access words effortlessly with seemingly little attention to decoding • Fluency is also the ability to group words into meaningful units, utilize punctuation to guide the reader’s voice, and to use expression appropriately • Fluency also requires readers to adjust their reading rate as necessary

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32. Foundational Skills Fluency Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

35. Foundational Skills Phonological Awareness Grade K Grade 1

40. Reflection 3 New concepts that will impact instruction 2 Concepts that are similar to your current instruction 1 Topic that might require additional professional development