Sound Letter Relationships...
DEFINITION:
The identification of individual letters by name and/or sound in a variety of contexts. Making a connection between individual letters and the sounds they represent (graphophonics).
Knowledge of letter names and their associated sounds. Knowledge about how sounds and letters relate in English, for example, knowing that /b/ is represented by the letter b and sh stands for the /sh/. Recognition of previously-seen words. Ability to figure out pronunciation of not-previously-seen words. (HR)
Sound letter knowledge allows an individual to decode words and sound them out based on the sound associated with each letter.
This understanding relies on alphabetical awareness, which is the understanding that written letters stand for phonemes heard in spoken language.
KEY TERMS:
- alphabetic principle - the understanding that each sound in a language can be written/expressed by a symbol
- decoding - analyzing symbols to gain a meaning or understanding of what they are trying to express. this may involve blending of letters to make one sound. this greatly correlates with phonemic awareness and understanding that certain sounds are made with one or more letters.
DEVELOPMENT:
This development is present in elementary and middle school. It is the building of understanding of letters and the sounds they are able to make. This is directly tied to a student's ability to sound out words. They must first know the ABC's and the sounds that each letter can make. Then the student needs to be able to put letters together to make sounds. This continues to develop as students are exposed to different words and sounds.
This development is present in elementary and middle school. It is the building of understanding of letters and the sounds they are able to make. This is directly tied to a student's ability to sound out words. They must first know the ABC's and the sounds that each letter can make. Then the student needs to be able to put letters together to make sounds. This continues to develop as students are exposed to different words and sounds.
ASSESSMENTS:
Alphabetical Principle: have the student write dictated words (do they try to represent sounds with individual letters?), or show two words of different lengths and have the child identify which word they hear you say
Letter/Sound knowledge: letter naming/letter identification, letter sounds, word supply, letter sorting
MLPP
Alphabetical Principle: have the student write dictated words (do they try to represent sounds with individual letters?), or show two words of different lengths and have the child identify which word they hear you say
Letter/Sound knowledge: letter naming/letter identification, letter sounds, word supply, letter sorting
MLPP
SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS:
This is an initial stage for SLL to overcome before moving onto other concepts of literacy. Their alphabetic principles may have been very different, so they must learn it all over again. They too need to familiarize themselves with the sounds that each letter makes, especially when paired with other letters. This can be extremely difficult because paired letters have different pronunciation around the world. For example, Japanese do not differentiate between R and L, so in English they pronounce the sounds similarly which can affect their sound-letter knowledge. Also, Latinos tend to roll their RRRR's and have difficulty with pronunciation of different sounds.
This is an initial stage for SLL to overcome before moving onto other concepts of literacy. Their alphabetic principles may have been very different, so they must learn it all over again. They too need to familiarize themselves with the sounds that each letter makes, especially when paired with other letters. This can be extremely difficult because paired letters have different pronunciation around the world. For example, Japanese do not differentiate between R and L, so in English they pronounce the sounds similarly which can affect their sound-letter knowledge. Also, Latinos tend to roll their RRRR's and have difficulty with pronunciation of different sounds.