READING RODS - PHONEMIC AWARENESS - CLASSROOM KIT
Reading Rods® are versatile interlocking manipulative that are fun to use when teaching
and learning to read. The Rods are color-coded to define the function of the letter(s) or words,
and to differentiate between consonants, vowels, blends nouns, verbs, etc.
Rods only connect from left to right, providing a self-correcting format that builds student confidence.
 

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READING RODS - PHONEMIC AWARENESS CLASSROOM KIT
by Learning Resources

Ages 3 - 5
Pre - K+
 

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Reading Rods Phonemic Awareness Classroom Kit Description:
 
Beginning readers will love learning uppercase and lowercase letters with colorful Reading Rods®! By linking together letter and picture rods, children develop valuable pre-reading skills.
 
Learning to Read is a Snap!
More than a hands-on approach to teaching literacy, the Reading
Rods® supplemental program supports the five areas of reading
instruction outlined by the National Reading Panel in their 2000 report
identifying skills and methods essential to reading achievement.
 
Rods include:
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Pictures with initial vowel sounds
- Pictures with initial consonant sounds
Skills Taught:
- Recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters
- Sequencing the letters of the alphabet
- Identifying phonemes (sounds)
- Matching letter sounds with pictures (r with rabbit)
- Recognition of syllables
Benefits To Child:
- Promotes reading readiness
- Engages child trough hands-on learning
- Helps develop fine motor skills

Phonemic Awareness:
- Eager pre-readers looking for a head start.
- Children needing reinforcement letter recognition and letter sounds.
 
So what is Phonemic Awareness?
The ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds - phonemes -
in spoken words.

Kit Contains:
24 double-sided activity cards
48-page Instruction and Activity Book
with over 100 full-color demonstration cards
4 activity trays
108 rods in a storage tub.