Structured Literacy Learning Activities
The four following essential literacy skills are accompanied by a set of activities that progressively increase in complexity.
Print Awareness:
Letter-Sound Correspondence
Pre to Early Reading Skill Level
Browder, D., Gibbs, S., Ahlgrim-Delzell, L., Courtade, G. R., Mraz, M., & Flowers, C. (2009). Literacy for students with severe developmental disabilities: what should we teach and what should we hope to achieve? Remedial and Special Education, 30(5), 269–282. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741932508315054
Phonological Awareness:
Sentence and Syllable Segmentation
Pre to Early Reading Skill Level
Phonemic Awareness:
Initial Phoneme Isolation
Early Reading Skill Level
Reading/Decoding:
Early Reading Skill Level
Allor, J. H., Yovanoff, P., Otaiba, S. A., Ortiz, M. B., & Conner, C. (2020). Evidence for a literacy intervention for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 55(3), 290–302. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27077921
Video giving six letter-sound correspondence activities as well as dos and don’ts.
Excellent video of modifications to Heggerty Phonological Awareness program - best watched to the end.
Neuhaus Education Center is a trusted teacher training center for educators, CALTs, and parents.
A simple beginning phonemic activity with several excellent pointers.
Dr. Jill Allor, reading researcher and designer of Friends on the Block takes you through how to teach early reading skills.