Jane C. Webb
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PATHS is a resource to help older students (upper elementary and secondary) understand their sound system and how it functions.
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It targets skills critical for academic achievement as phonological awareness, phonemic processing, phonemic relationships,, and listening and memory. The comprehensive program teaches and supports the linguistic rules needed to succeed in reading, writing, and spelling. Select all or part of the programs based on individual needs. Also included are: developmental guidelines for phonological awareness, assessment, worksheets, vocabulary practice words arranged by subject matter, Field Testing results, and personal comments from participants.
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Introduction: What is Phonological Awareness? Why is Phonological Awareness Important? How Does Phonological Awareness Develop? Impact of Phonological Awareness on Learning to Read and Write; Critical Periods in Phonological Awareness Skills; Phonological Awareness "At Risk" Behaviors.Assessment: Phonological Inventory; Determining Eligibility for PATHS; Inventory Form.Implementation: Guidelines; Tips for Implementing PATHS; Phonological Awareness Developmental Levels; Target Intervention Tasks by Grade Level; Vowel and Consonants: symbols and key words; Basic Rules Targeted in PATHS; Teaching Phonological Awareness; Consonant Sounds; Vowel Sounds; How the Brain Processes Sounds; Listening and Memory Strategies.Lessons for Phonological Awareness: Master Lesson Plan; Long vowels, short vowels, the letter "y" as a vowel; Vowel Digraphs, Vowel-controlled [r] words; Consonants; Syllables; Rhyming; Homonyms.Vocabulary WordsAppendix
: Field Testing, Students' Comments; References and Recommended Readings.
About the Author
Jane C. Webb is a Speech-Language Pathologist currently supervising in the University setting. She has 30 years of teaching experience with children in pre-school, elementary, and secondary school settings. She has made numerous convention presentations throughout the mid-west. Jane is an active member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the Missouri Speech-Language-Hearing Association as well as local communication groups. She was honored by her state association as "Outstanding Clinician" and has served as an officer in the same organization for several years. Her interest in phonology stems from her work with committees to develop state guidelines for sound development and years of work with children who were considered "unintelligible" by their listeners. She is the author of 3 other publications in the area of phonology.
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