Transcript of + Elkonin Boxes Presented by Sarah, Jessica and Jany.
- Slide 1
- + Elkonin Boxes Presented by Sarah, Jessica and Jany
- Slide 2
- + Usually seen as a strip divided into a series of boxes.
Sometimes the boxes have images above them, but not always. To use
this strategy at its simplest form, teachers say a word and
students are required to move one object (bingo chips), into each
box, in reference to the number of sounds they hear in the word.
How to Use Elkonin Boxes
- Slide 3
- + Purpose Elkonin boxes help with decoding, specifically
building phonemic awareness. They are designed to help students
identify individual sounds in words. Otherwise known as phoneme
segmentation. They also help students understand the alphabetic
principle.
- Slide 4
- + Further Uses Targeted Skill Phoneme counting: How many
(sounds) do you hear in this (word)? Identification of sound
positions Where do you hear the /g/ in pig (at the beginning middle
or end of the word)? Letter-sound association What letter goes with
the first sound in this word: book?
- Slide 5
- + Think Outside the Box! Not all boxes look the same and use
the same materials. Using plastic cups, battery powered lights and
magnetic letters are just a few unique ideas.
- Slide 6
- + Elkonin Boxes in the Classroom This video shows Elkonin boxes
in action!
- Slide 7
- + What does the Research Say? 1. There have been manystudies
that test theeffectiveness of word boxphonics instruction, on
earlygrades (K-1). Joseph (2000)tested 48 students in grade1 on
word identification andspelling performance.Students were
randomlyselected to either the wordboxes instruction condition,or
more traditional phonicsinstruction (choral reading,writing words
onchalkboard). Pretests andpost-tests were completed,and results
showed that students in the word boxescondition significantly
outperformed students in amore traditional phonicscondition
(Joseph, 2000).Word boxes lessons can bea viable phonics approachto
teaching children tomake connections betweenphonemic and
orthographicfeatures about words(Joseph, 2000).
- Slide 8
- + Research Continued 2. Effective phonemic awareness
instruction teaches children to notice, think about, and manipulate
sounds in spoken language. Phoneme blending and phoneme
segmentation are two important components of this instruction.
Elkonin, a Russian psychologist, explored students ability to
manipulate phonemes by asking them to place counters in boxes
(Elkonin, 1973). Additionally, recent research on best practices by
the National Reading Panel, indicate that many effective reading
programs use this technique. Students who use Elkonin boxes are
able to hear sounds in words, segment words and demonstrate an
understanding of letter-sound correspondence (Clay, 1993).
- Slide 9
- + Lets Try It! Remember the student should move the token as
they say the sound! With a partner you will each take a turn as the
teacher and student. Each group will receive a set of boxes and
tactile materials to place inside them. In reference to the picture
at the top of the boxes, have the teacher say the word to the
student (once blended and once stretched out). Have the student
stretch the word out themselves as they place the tokens in the
boxes to represent the number of phonemes in the word.
- Slide 10
- + Get Creative! Some target areas may be: Spelling (basic and
multi- syllabic words) Letter-sound association In the same groups,
choose some different materials from the front to create your own
twist on Elkonin boxes. Challenge yourself to make this tool
engaging and effective for a student beyond the basic phoneme
segmenting level that we just addressed. You and your partner will
then share your spin on Elkonin boxes with the class.
- Slide 11
- + References Bakken, J. P., Obiakor, F. E., & Rotatori, A.
F. (2013). Learning disabilities: Practice concerns and students
with ld. Wagon Lange Bingley, West Yorkshire: Emerald Group
Publishing Limited. Beller, L. (2006). Elkonin boxes: A
multisensory technique for teaching literary skills. TTAC Network
News. 3. Joseph, L. M. (2000). Using word boxes as a large group
phonics approach in a first grade classroom. Reading Horizons,
41(2), 117-127. WETA. (2014). Reading Rockets; Elkonin boxes.
Retrieved from
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/elkonin_boxes
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/elkonin_boxes