The majority of my students are experiencing school for the first time. This can be scary and overwhelming for the majority of them. They come from low-income backgrounds and families who are worried about providing an education for them and worried about putting food on the table. They are loving children who are eager to learn and want to explore the world around them.
Having a classroom that is engaging and welcoming is very important to me.
If I am able to provide a curriculum that helps me teach them about the many emotions they are feeling and how to process them in a healthy way then I am helping mold them into productive members of the community.
I want to make sure every child feels welcome and secure. Having them feel that they have ownership in the classroom makes all the difference in the world and is key in helping them be comfortable and able to learn.
My Project
Before children learn to read print, they need to become aware of how the sounds in words work. They must understand that words are made up of individual speech sounds, or phonemes. A child's skill in phonological and phonemic awareness is a good predictor of later reading success or difficulty
Phonological awareness is a critical early literacy skill that helps kids recognize and work with the sounds of spoken language.
Phonological awareness is made up of a group of skills. Examples include being able to identify words that rhyme, counting the number of syllables in a name, recognizing alliteration, segmenting a sentence into words, and identifying the syllables in a word. Building these skills in my classroom establishes a solid foundation for when the children enter kindergarten and begin to read.
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