Mary-- there is very little that addresses these pre-literacy level 
skills thorougly enough to rely on them alone.  It will require much 
expansion on your part to provide enough variety in working on the low 
level skills to assure mastery.   I like a book called English Sounds 
and Spelling by McClelland, Hale and Beaudikofer, which is no longer in 
print, but available, I am told, on the internet-- it is a very 
straightforward English (ESL) phonics books, but it has many great line 
drawings of words ESL learners need to know that can be cut up and used 
for many kinds of practice.  The actual phonics lessons are good, but 
presume a certain level of other-language literacy, as most ESL phonics 
books do.    Robin

my address at AOL  is robinschwarz1 at aol.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Bloom <mbloom at maine.rr.com>
To: focusonbasics at nifl.gov
Sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:18:36 -0500
Subject: [FocusOnBasics] Minimal Pairs

Hello all,
    I've very much enjoyed Robin's suggestions, especially about
phonological awareness.  I'd appreciate knowing about any materials,
particularly pictures, which concentrate on rhyming.  Googling
"phonological awareness", I've found some, but I'd be interested in
materials already assembled.  Assuming my pre-literate Somali,
Sudanese, and Vietnamese elderly refugees proceed well, I'd also like
Robin's minimal pairs list. Robin, how can I contact you off list?

Mary Bloom
Portland Adult Education
mbloom at maine.rr.com


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