by Dr. Garforth | Apr 17, 2020 | Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Fridays
I find using analogies helpful when I am teaching. I recently shared one of the ones I have used with my students in the past with other educators and it received a positive response. The response from that conversation gave me the inspiration to write this post!...
by Dr. Garforth | Apr 3, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
Happy #phonologicalfriday Everyone! I hope you and your loved ones are safe during this time of Covid-19. Right now, many of us are facing the reality of having our children at home instead of at school and we are not sure how to best support their learning. This can...
by Dr. Garforth | Mar 27, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
Happy #phonologicalfriday! This week’s focus is on voiced and unvoiced (voiceless) sounds. No discussion about phonological awareness is complete without a discussion about the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds. Technically speaking, a voiced sound is a...
by Dr. Garforth | Mar 20, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
It’s official, #phonologicalfriday is now a thing! #phonologicalfriday is a day every week to help bring evidence-based best practices for reading instruction related to Phonological Awareness to anyone who wants to learn more about it. This post will discuss what it...
by Dr. Garforth | Mar 13, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
Phonology vs. Phoneme vs. Phonics While phonology, phoneme and phonics all stem back the Greek combining form <phon> or <phono> meaning sound, it is important for educators understand the difference between them and when instruction in each is appropriate....
by Dr. Garforth | Feb 14, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
Happy #phonologicalfriday everyone! Happy Valentine’s Day too! This week we are going to continue with ideas for promoting phonological awareness with your students. Before discussing the lesson, we first should review a few concepts to make sure we are all on...
