Phonemic awareness in elementary school

It is important to remember that phonemic awareness continues in elementary school past second grade. Teaching the structure of the language through the instruction of letter sounds will create great readers and writers. Spelling will no longer be inventive but rooted in knowledge of the sounds for the English language. I am a second grade teacher. In the classroom we talk about the sound as we read and spell. Try incorporating phonemic awareness whenever you can throughout the literature block of time. Call attention to students knowledge of long and short vowels, consonants and the spelling rules associated with long vowels (the silent e-rule) My tip for the day is to call attention to the long vowel sounds that are formed with more than one letter. For example, igh=i, eigh=a, ey =a. Parents can play car games asking how many words can you think of with the long vowel sounds listed. Teachers incorporate this into guided reading discussion. Do not limit phonemic awareness to ten minutes and move on. incorporate phonemic awareness into the literary experience where students are thinking about their reading on a higher level and analyze the structure of the words they read.