I taught kindergarten and first grade for many years with a sprinkling of a few other grades, just to keep it interesting! I love kids and I love to teach. Currently, I'm working as a Teacher On Special Assignment (TOSA) as a specialist in the area of Early Literacy. For our youngest readers, phonemic awareness, phonics, and oral language are important skills. I believe in the power of great photos to enhance engagement during these instructional routines. That's why i've developed these decks: in the hope that other teachers will use them to enhance engagement during literacy routines.
Phonemic awareness is an important early literacy skill. This deck supports teachers by providing images with 3 phonemes in the name/title of the slide. Look at the slide notes to discover the name/title of the slide. When presenting to your class, use the full screen mode. This skill is tested by DIBELS in kindergarten and first grade by the test titled Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF).