Design Document for EDUC 767

Phonemic Awareness in Preschool

By Tiffany Tollers

Purpose of the Course To acquire listening and phonological awareness skills to be able to
manipulate the various units of speech sounds in words.

Audience Description 3- 5-year old pre-kindergarten students enrolled in an international school in

Abu Dhabi, UAE (the students will interact with the CBT and the teachers
will use the information to informally assess student abilities)

Major Course By the end of the year the student will be able to
Objectives
TO1Differentiate, match, and describe sounds
(Terminal Objectives)
TO2Discriminate sounds and words
TO3Discriminate rhyming words
TO4Blend sounds to form words
TO5Segment sounds in spoken sentences and words

Course Enabling TO1

Objectives Repeat a pattern of sounds
Indicate if two sounds are the same or different
Match objects that make the same sound
Describe a sound using words such as soft, loud, scratchy, muffled,
quiet, etc.
TO2
Indicate if two words are the same or different
Indicate how many sounds are in a word
Indicate whether or not two words begin with the same sound
Indicate whether or not two words end with the same sound
When given a word, produce at least one more word that begins
with the same sound
When given a word, produce at least one more word that ends with
the same sound
TO3
Repeat rhyming words in poems and songs
Indicate whether or not two words rhyme
When given a word, produce at least one more word that rhymes
with the given word
TO4
When given an onset and a rime, blend the onset and rime together
to say the word
When orally given the sounds of a word, blend the sounds together
and say the word
TO5
When given a simple spoken sentence, indicate how many words
are in the sentence
When given the sound in a word to delete, delete the sound in the
word and say what sounds are remaining
When orally given a word and a new onset, change the onset sound
to create a new word using the same rime

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 Indicate whether or not two words rhyme
RLO Enabling
Objective

Learning Assessment Throughout the course the teacher will make informal observations of the
for Course student to assess their strengths and weaknesses with the EO. At the end of
each trimester the teacher will conduct a formal, face-to-face, verbal
assessment to determine their level of attainment. A rubric will be used to
determine if they are emerging in the skill, developing in the skill, or secure
with the skill. Student work product may also be used as an assessment.

Learning Assessment Yes/No indication activity

for RLO Matching activity

Instructional Delivery The main method of instructional delivery will be face-to-face. The CBT
method for Course will be used to practice and reinforce what is being taught.
(overall)

Instructional Strategy Direct instruction with modeling and the use of music and songs will be the
for RLO main instructional strategies along with practice activities with immediate
feedback. The overall feel for the learner will be in the context of a game.

Media The RLO will include the following media:

Pictures with text
Audio
Graphics: picture words, cartoon-style characters
Videos

508 Accommodations The RLO will include the following 508 accommodations:

Intuitive button graphics, e.g. house, stop sign, open door

Appropriate size, type, and color screen fonts will be used
Audio descriptions of pictures and buttons
Pace of presentation will be controlled by the user
Videos will include closed captioning options

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Course Structure This is a standards based curriculum with the expectation that the students
Description will be secure in the TOs by the end of the academic year. The instruction
will progress through the TOs from the largest parts of sounds of words
through progressively smaller sound parts. The instruction may also be
cyclical and cycle back through skills as a review depending on what other
skills are being presented. The instruction will follow the sequence:

1. Listening skills and sound matching (TO1)

2. Sounds and words (TO2)

3. Rhyming words (TO3)

4. Blending sounds (TO4)

5. Segmenting sounds (TO5)

Seat Time of Course The academic year is 180 days. The students attend school 7 hours a day, 5
days a week. Whole-group direct instruction of the phonological awareness
skills, or TOs, is conducted in 10-minute chunks once or twice a day for a
maximum of 20-minutes of whole-group direct instruction. Materials and
activities that support learning of the TOs are utilized and available
throughout the day during other instructional activities and for free-choice
exploration.

Seat Time of RLO 20-30 minutes (does not need to be completed continuously)

RLO Outline See Appendix A

RLO Flowchart https://www.gliffy.com/go/share/spok3o9yh59afahch6s7

Screens/Pages in RLO Estimated number of pages/screens in project is 16

Knowledge Checks or __1__Dichotomous (T/F, Y/N, etc.)

Other Assessments or
__1__Multiple Choice
Practices for RLO
____Multiple Select
__1__Drag and Drop
____Custom describe; if appropriate, supply flowchart in an Appendix
and reference it here.
____Other describe

Rollovers/click events __5__Rollovers (topic selection)

__3__Click Events (assessments)

RLO Navigation The following navigation techniques will be used

Paging buttons; next, back, stop, home, volume
Topic selection buttons
Exit (from home screen)
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Screen Layouts for exit exit

RLO

Philicia fairy graphic

Philicia fairy graphic

Video viewer

Listening
Segmen ng
skills
Beginning Blending Sounds
sounds Rhyming Sounds
Words

Volume home Volume home

exit exit

Prac ce Area
Philicia fairy graphic Philicia fairy graphic
Quiz Area

Volume home Volume home

Development Tools Articulate Storyline

for RLO
iPhone audio note
Whimsy Workshop Teaching Word Family Mega Bundle clipart
Pixaby.com clipart
Ownership Tiffany Tollers will develop the initial course; and, GEMS World Academy-
Abu Dhabi will maintain the course. Who the course is being developed for
(GEMS World Academy)

Development Time of Development time for the entire academic year of instruction is at least 6
entire course and months
RLO
Development time for the RLO is about 40-60 hours

Support requirements The ID will act as a SME, designer, and developer including recording
for RLO and course audio.

Additional support needed

o Proofreading
o Testing the RLO
o Graphic elements
o Video elements

Project Please sign below indicating agreement with the proposed course plan and
Sign-off [optional] approving start-up of the storyboard and development phases.

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 Instructional Designer Date

Project Manager/Sponsor Date

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 Appendix A

RLO Outline
TO3Discriminate rhyming words
Indicate whether or not two words rhyme

Home
A short welcome message from the main character-
Introduction to the main learning tasks
Buttons will enlarge and move up as the introduction is playing
Buttons will enlarge and move up with a cursor hover

Rhyming Words
Introduction
Rhyming words explanation with example
Rhyming words have the same rime with a different onset (learner friendly language)
Rhyming YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=aP3UHE0duCU&list=PLT6gffbBuQpaaYGxbGVS82ocOD1jMeTxE&index=5

Indicate if two words rhyme

Rhyming examples with pictures and thumbs up/thumbs down icons
Highlight rime part of the word
Isolate rime sounds
-If they match green thumbs up
-If they dont match red thumbs down
Practice
o Thumbs up/Thumbs down game
Three incorrect answers brings learner back to body of lesson with different
examples and a different video (example video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=9GpPJrUlEwo)
A star meter will light up as the learner completes tasks correctly. The star meter
will combine to make a star sticker when all the stars are lit and will move the
learner to the next skill.

Choose a matching rhyming word from a set

Rhyming examples with a main picture word and a set of three words to choose from
Highlight and flash correct picture
Practice
o Picture matching with immediate feedback
Allow 1 incorrect answer, show answer after second incorrect answer
Three consecutive incorrect answers brings learner back to body of lesson with
different examples and a different video
A star meter will light up as the learner completes tasks correctly. The star meter
will combine to make a star sticker when all the stars are lit and will move the
learner to the next skill.

Match words that rhyme

Rhyming examples with pictures placed on puzzle pieces
Highlight and flash correct matches
Puzzle pieces fit together in center and move then to the side
Practice
o Puzzle matching game with immediate feedback
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 A star meter will light up as the learner matches puzzle pieces correctly. The star
meter will combine to make a star sticker when all the stars are lit and will move
the learner to the final screen.

Final Screen
Congratulations on being a rhyming master! Would you like to:
o Play the game again
o Try a different skill
Home screen will show a star by the Rhyming lesson button to indicate mastery

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