1. The document discusses various aspects of kindergarten word study including phonics, phonemics, grapheme-phonemic awareness, semantics, syntax, blending sounds, and sight words. 2. It explains key concepts like articulation, perception, and acoustic components of phonetics as well as how phonemics analyzes sound arrangements and distinguishes words. 3. Examples are provided of using pictures to help children understand new words and the 220 Dolch sight words which are among the most common words in early reading books.

1. Kindergarten word study ANGELA MEYERS EDU 290

2. PHONETICS Study of speech sounds 3 main components Articulation = producing speech using body parts Perception = hearing sounds made, brain analyzes Acoustic = physical characteristics of speech sounds

3. PHONEMICS Study how sounds are used Analyze arrangement of sounds Unit of phonemics is called phonemes Distinguish 1 word from another Example : Die and Pie.

4. GRAPHO - PHONEMIC AKA: Letter sound or Phonological Awareness Being able to notice syllables Helps focus on structure of word Child first responds to rhymes

5. SEMANTICS Relates to 220 Dolch Basic Words Rules for meaning, content of words & combinations Specific to our own vocabulary Used as content, according to language

6. SYNTAX Rules for word order and relationship Example: The wug was slugged by the wibber Not correct words, but correct order Used as Form, according to language

7. BLENDING SOUNDS Each sound has significant meaning Through repeated exposure, vocabulary grows Strategies: Context clues Word structure Analogy Clues

8. WORD LEARNING Can happen as early as 12 months. Understanding meaning and relationship Strategies: Keyword Method Incidental Learning Repeated Exposure Pre-teaching of Vocabulary

9. TYPES OF CUES ( NON-VERBAL VS. VERBAL) Non-Verbal cues are part of childrens language Signs – sign language, horns, sirens and street signs. Symbolic – piercings, tattoos and religion. Aesthetic – music, dance, painting and sculpture. Physical – facial expressions, body gestures, touch and smell

10. PICTURES AND WORDS Helps children understand objects Using assimilation and accommodation Creates new schemas Example: Alphabets showing letters, with objects. Jamistallard, “ABC’s”, February 21, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

11. PICTURES AND WORDS Pt. 2 Assimilating and accommodating are always helping If child assimilate al the time Few schemas with many items Difficulty recognizing differences Example: all four legged animals = dogs

12. PICTURES AND WORDS Pt. 3 If children accommodate all the time Too many schemas, too many items Difficulty recognizing similarities in each category Example: Comparison between green, yellow, red apples

13. 220 DOLCH BASIC SIGHT WORDS What are 220 Dolch Basic Words? Most frequently found words in books Usually found in K-2nd Grade books Many cant be sounded out That’s why recognized as sight words

14. 220 DOLCH BASICSIGHT WORDS Used to estimate reading level How to test them? Have them identify the 220 words # of words recognized base level

15. SCALE OF DOLCH WORDS There are 5 different levels Average words are about 40 Kaye Mastin Mallory, “The scale is as follows” , October 3, 2010 via English_Zone , October 3, 2010 <http://english-zone.com/reading/dolch.html>

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