Professional Development Modules

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

	Phonemic Awareness: Oral Blending and Segmentation Defines phonemic awareness as a part of phonological awareness and describes some of the tasks associated with it

	Phonemic Awareness: Phonemic Manipulation Learn about phonemic manipulation and two important tasks associated with it, substitution and deletion *Special Education Focus

	Characteristics of Effective Phonics Instruction Key characteristics of effective phonics instruction are outlined, with a focus on systematic and explicit approaches

	Phonics: What? When? Why? Explains why the order of phonics instruction is important and how to incorporate individual phonics skills into a phonics curriculum *Special Education Focus

	Using Phonics Blending Describes sound-by-sound and whole-word blending and why they are critical to early decoding growth

	Assessing Phonics Skills Provides an assessment (CORE Phonics Survey) and discusses how to administer it and analyze the results

	Basic Decoding: Filling in the Gaps Provides instruction on whole-class, small-group, and independent grouping *Special Education Focus




			CORE Phonics Survey: Teachers A survey that assesses student's grasp of phonics and phonics-related skills
			Six-Step Phonics Instruction A chart describing six important steps in a systematic and explicit approach to phonics instruction
			Professional Article "The Role of Decoding in Learning to Read" by Isabel Beck and Connie Juel



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