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"How Does Explicit Phonemic Awareness Instruction In A 6th-Grade Classroom, Influence Students Reading Fluency And Comprehension?", Danette M. Hendrickson
"How Does Explicit Phonemic Awareness Instruction In A 6th-Grade Classroom, Influence Students Reading Fluency And Comprehension?", Danette M. Hendrickson
Masters of Arts in Education Action Research Papers
The purpose of this study was to determine if using phonemic awareness lessons could help students with reading comprehension and fluency. This action research study was conducted in a rural 6th-grade classroom with a total of 38 students. The classroom is in west-central Minnesota. The student participants were two sections that included the entire 6th grade. The research entailed whole group lessons; which involved games, syllable instruction and explicit instruction on listening to the sounds in words and noticing the patterns that sounds and spellings have in words. Small group lessons were also implemented where students rotated in the classroom …